My mom, Esther Knezovich, nee Latini, taught school for decades. Mostly first and second grade. And she never took her teacher hat off. If she heard something ungrammatical on a commercial, or if a news anchor used a bad sentence structure, or say, her son used the wrong word, well, she was never shy. She […]

When we moved into our condo in Chicago’s Printers Row neighborhood in 2004, there was a mangy little parking lot just to the south of our building, immediately below our window. But a mangy little parking lot was OK. Some of our neighbors bought a place with a view only to have it blocked by […]

I’ve always thought “Field of Dreams” was kind of a bad movie with some irresistible features. Bad because, well, a lot of the story arc just kinda doesn’t make sense. And because a lot of the dialog is clunky, overwrought, soap opera stuff. Irresistible because when it came out we still lived in Urbana, Illinois […]

Last Wednesday, Beth and I celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary. I used to think it was strange to celebrate lengthy anniversaries. I mean, just lasting? That’s a thing? Turns out it kinda is. Not that I think people should stay together just to stay together. If they’re not happy, or worse, if they’re in an […]

I’m writing as I fly home from Washington State. I’m on my third commercial flight since Covid sort of subsided. We passengers wear masks. No hassles. I’m tired and sore and exhilarated after doing the best thing I’ve done since I used to … do things. I’m not a real hiker, but I’ve done a […]