Story Category: Reflections

Both sets of my grandparents were farmers. My mother’s parents lost their farm in Iowa during the Depression and relocated

For the past two years, I’ve had a front-row seat (literally two blocks away) to the most expensive college football

I believe in the purity of a traditional pizza—simple, unpretentious, and perfect in its own way. I believe in slow,

Ever experience a coincidence? An unexpected moment that seems too meaningful to be random? Here are three of mine: 1.

There are moments in life when you can’t explain why good things happen, other than to attribute them to pure

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

One day, I came across my flute tucked away in the back of a cabinet in the guest room of

I looked down and saw the pavement through a hole in BD’s stick shift casing. “Holy shit!” I thought. “Is

In October 2010 I had to fly to Boston for a board meeting. I was going to carry my bag