In Memoriam: Don Warren, 1928-2019 I'll begin with a confession: I have not spoken to Don Warren for probably five, maybe seven years. Not since before or shortly after my family and I picked up stakes after 11 years in Chicago, Don's nearly-lifelong stomping grounds, and trekked west to South Dakota. "You're WHAT?" I can... Continue Reading →
Passing the Pigskin: 10 Lessons in Football from an Ohio Father to his Chicago-born Son It's been a bit of a long interval of work and travel and mad-late-summer-rushing, and more of an absence from this space than I'd wanted. But there's nothing like the rituals and rhythms of the coming Fall to put purpose... Continue Reading →
2018 Drum Corps Season Kicks Off Tonight! The big moment has arrived. Or, is it just the accumulation of a thousand tiny moments, stretching from winter tryouts through the first weekend sectionals on to the weeks that have already been spent rehearsing, developing the base tan, pulling a show together good enough to debut under... Continue Reading →
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