Just after midnight 34 years ago today, Sept. 27, my son came into the world. An emergency C-section at Nesbitt Hospital, a full month before he was due. Read more
Not all things are better with science.Take baseball.It used to be such a simple, beautiful game.It’s always been said baseball is a game of s… Read more
The last time I saw my grandson, who lives in Austin, Texas, was last November.It was a month before his 3rd birthday. I’m sure he’ll be well … Read more
It wasn’t even my car. It belonged to my girlfriend’s mother. I swear she liked me better than my girlfriend. Read more
Everyone wonders what this “new normal” we’ve been hearing about will look like.My biggest concern is that it will wind up be not much differe… Read more
A magazine arrived the other day with Kevin Costner on the cover. “Cool,” I thought. Until I realized it was AARP Magazine.First of all, if it… Read more
I was in Cooperstown, New York, in 2002 for the induction of Ozzie Smith into the baseball Hall of Fame. I’m a St. Louis Cardinals fan and in … Read more
It would seem appropriate to write a 9/11 memory today, the 19th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. But my 9/11 memory is a… Read more
I have college students who can’t name The Beatles.Some don’t even know who The Beatles are.I don’t put them down.I tell them all the time tha… Read more
I didn’t know the Lew Sebia I read about following his tragic death in a motorcycle accident on Aug. 21. Well, I did and I didn’t. Lew Sebia t… Read more
I sometimes recall something I wrote in my early days as a columnist and cringe. Did I really say those things?I fear someone will uncover som… Read more
Be a laborer,great or small,do it well,or not at all Every Labor Day I either write something about that little ditty or at least think about … Read more
Elton John apologized for not remembering if they were green or they were blue. But recovered nicely by saying they were the sweetest ones he’… Read more
I’m looking at the shoe on my left foot and it’s making me feel so happy.It’s a running shoe, although I won’t be running, or even walking, fo… Read more
Since rupturing my Achilles tendon playing tennis about two weeks ago, I’ve spent a lot of time on my front porch with my leg elevated. I’m no… Read more
I start getting a lump in my throat the moment Fred, the defense attorney, places the three letters addressed to Santa on the judge’s desk and… Read more
Every day I await my “Morning Malcolm.”That’s a photo of my new grandson in Los Angeles. Hollywood, actually.He is three months old today.In a… Read more
I can’t remember if the coat was in the window of Bill Norris’s Men’s Store during my senior year of high school or my first year of college, … Read more
