Every goddamn day: 05/11/25

     Just over 63 years ago, in the summer of 1960, the “Greenville Eight,” led by 18-year-old Jesse Jackson , were arrested. Their crime w...

  Church of Our Savior, Copenhagen      "Leitmotif" originated as a German word, used by critics picking apart the works of Richar...

Respect for the Aged Day ask we “upload pics to honor the elderly people in your life.” My father Robert, 91, at home in Buffalo Grove.     ...

View out our window Saturday morning at the Lion D'or Hotel in Haarlem       Saturday was a long day. We woke up in Haarlem at 6:29 a.m....

      I was walking north up Wells Street the other day, looking for Erie, when I was reminded of a pet peeve of mine. The signs on one way...

Wagon of Fools by Hendrik Gerritsz Pot (Franz Hals Museum)      It's not that I don't trust you. That would be nuts. I don't eve...

    Are parlor games even a thing anymore? They can't be, because parlors — formal rooms reserved for entertaining — have pretty much v...