A gentle evening rain bathes the harbor docks of Liverpool as a single bass note foghorn sings to the mist. And a salty ocean breeze from beyond boundaries of time and visibility sails in the spirits of the two musicians. “Paul’s house. His bedroom on the second floor, the one with the light still burning,” […]
Her glass eye never bothered me. But killing me off with a heart attack? That was a problem. This is a true love story because I was looking for true love. Or, like the previous marriage, some reasonable facsimile. But the bright sunlight of truth fades to shadow for this story. Not just because it […]
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Dick Buckley–An Appreciation.
What it really feels like to be searching for a job.
My one and only love, It is snowing at the foot of the island. Grey skies. A winter wind of moderation. And the ship is going down, our eyes will soon feel the icy waves, so there is not a lot of time, maybe just a second or two, and I wanted these last words […]
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Barack Obama, alone, leaned against the wall in the kitchen corridor underneath the Hotel Allegro in Chicago and looked at his watch. Next to him, a bus cart jammed with dirty breakfast dishes waiting to be washed. In the dining room above, his introduction was winding down, and in 90 seconds, he’d get a […]
As Walmart gets closer to building stores in Chicago– I wonder how long the lines will be? And how early I’ll need to get up to make sure I get a good place? While James McMurtry’s song still rings just as true as when he wrote it in 2004. . . WE CAN’T MAKE IT […]
Wait! Not yet! I yelled into the mythical phone line running between Chicago and the white snow heavens of Door County deep in a frozen January sun. Can’t we just have just one more breakfast? Remembering the great Door County/Chicago writer Norbert Blei’s story of Al Johnson shouting back through the phone trying to find […]