Storms swept through the Illinois Quad Cities on Monday, June 24, around 4 p.m. There was rain in the Iowa Quad Cities, but nothing like what a swath of East Moline, Moline and other sections experienced. I should know. I came out of the UPS Store in Ridgewood Shopping Center to the sound of the […]
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“Chicago,” the band, played the IWireless Center in Moline, Illinois last night (June 17, 2013) to a roughly half-full house. Local singer/songwriter Tim Stopulos (Tim Stop) opened for them, singing five original songs. The young Bettendorf Assumption graduate who has been following his dream since graduating from Wake Forest. did a fine job displaying poise […]
Today, we set off for Manly Beach by ferry. A short walk down Young Street to the ferry station and we set sail for Manly Beach with Stacey. We learned at the Sydney Museum across the street that the beach got its job when the aborigine natives approached the British ships and were found, by […]
Wednesday, January 16, 2013: First day on the ship. We do not sail until tomorrow. We ended up sitting out by the pool, but Dad’s suitcase did not come very promptly, so he did not get to get in the hot tub with us. Our evening meal was shrimp cocktail, prime rib, mushroom soup and […]
The documentary “As Janesville Goes” by Director Brad Lichtenstein took a measured view of the demise of the Janesville GM plant, which, in closing in 2008, took down 7,000 good jobs in that city of 63,575 people. Eighty percent of the homes in one neighborhood were inhabited by General Motors workers, who made a good […]
I’ve been away from the keyboard for a variety of reasons: 1) I attended ThrillerFest in New York City July 11-14 and had the opportunity to hear wisdom from many great writers. Pictures are a few. The HWA’s own W.D. Gagliani was on one panel, as was Nate Kenyon (“Diablo: The Order”). I had the […]
Shakespeare wrote, “The evil that men do lives after them.” Olivier Morel’s film “On the Bridge,” which I viewed on Saturday, October 8, 2011, at the Chicago Film Festival, is a powerful, intense examination of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), based on filmed interviews with many of the veterans, families and friends affected by this […]
Now that I’m back in Chicago in 50-degree weather (and have been since Easter Saturday), here are a few shots of Chichen Itza. Chichen Itza translates to “the mouth of the well of the people of Itza.” The Mayans used to throw their human sacrifices down one well (cenote) and drink from the other. The […]