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My Uncle Bob

My heart is heavy from the news this week that my Uncle Bob passed away at age 98. He’d been

January 26, 2025 No Comments

My body isn’t as resilient as it used to be. And my cat doesn’t care. 2024 was a challenging tennis

November 15, 2024 No Comments

In the history of sports, there have been many cheaters. Baseball players seem to be the worst. But chess masters

March 11, 2023 No Comments

“Mind if I join you?” the old man asked. Sally and I looked at each other. Her eyes said no.

October 30, 2022 No Comments

Fifty years ago in June 1972, Title IX was passed in the U.S., prohibiting sex-based discrimination in any school or

July 31, 2022 No Comments

Harriet Joan Gove O’Daffer was born on a farm in 1933 in Newton, Iowa, where her father Sabin raised cows

May 9, 2021 No Comments

For the first time in 98 years, my family did not gather in Central Illinois tin August 2020 for the

January 17, 2021 No Comments

Now that I’ve put up the decorations, baked cookies, made soup, and finished my holiday shopping, what’s left to do

December 14, 2020 No Comments

My dad doesn’t like to swim. In fact, he’s always been kind of afraid of the water – because he

June 20, 2020 No Comments

I went to Egypt earlier this month to see the pyramids. But I saw and experienced so much more. Here

March 24, 2020 No Comments