Beth’s been listening to a book called “The Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast Journalism.” Which means, because I’m interested in the subject, I’ve been listening to it, too. And it’s been enlightening, heartening, and disheartening all at once. Not to mention, entertaining. I’ve always understood Edward R. Murrow as a broadcast […]

A couple years ago we ran a guest post by our one-of-a-kind neighborhood friend, Steve Ferkau. Steve is, well, I think his message, written yesterday, will tell you more about him that I can. I hope you’ll give it a read, and when you’re done, you explore the links at the bottom of this post.  […]

I am wont these days to make declarations like “Music was better back then.” But I doubt music is worse or better. I like plenty of new stuff I hear. I think what I’m really missing is the diverse, surreptitious exposure I got as a lad from, of all places, the likes of WLS and […]

I turned 60 last year. Other than my 16th (I could get a driver’s license), 18th (I could vote), and 21st (I could drink liquor legally), I had never paid much attention to the numbers. But 60 kinda got me. So, I did something to remind myself I’m not dead yet—I went to Japan and […]

Beth posted here a couple weeks ago about what her memoir-writing students wrote in response to the prompt “If you could have a guarantee that one specific person would read your memoir”. Kathy Zartman, one of her students—and our good friend—named Tim Kreider as that one person. Here’s Kathy writing about why: “His take on […]