The morning of the interview, I spent a half hour or so developing some questions for this World War II vet. With my interviewing skills a bit rusty, I wanted to have some questions jotted down, so I could spend my interview time really getting a feel for what this veteran was saying and feeling.
November brings to the sportsman some extra options to get out to hunt for some additional species. Some hunters have already harvested some ducks and geese, deer (archery) and turkey (shotgun) and may now continue via archery, except during deer shotgun season Nov. 20-22 and Dec. 3-6.
I am always pleasantly surprised when I am reminded, at various and random times, of the power that good music seems to have to bring together and unite people. This can happen even with the most diverse groups of people imaginable. And it happened one Friday at Bradley University during the rehearsal of one rather unsuspecting choir in which I currently sing, the Bradley Chorale. In the course of our typical one-hour daily rehearsal time, we were transformed and unified with a group of strangers with which we happened to share one crucial passion — a love for choral music and singing.
The Internet celebrated its 40th birthday last week. On Oct. 29, 1969, the very first e-mail message was sent by UCLA’s Leonard Kleinrock from Los Angeles to the Stanford Research Institute, more than 400 miles away.
If you know me well, you know I don’t especially care for creatures that skitter, slither or crawl, which translates to snakes, mice and spiders. I really detest snakes, and I just can’t tolerate mice. And then there are spiders ... I think I’d take a room filled with snakes and mice before I’d deal with a spider.
As I rolled my charcoal grill to the driveway’s edge, I looked up just in time. Whoosh! Within inches of me, he streaked past, a smear of white T-shirt and blue jeans, all awkward feet and knees pumping at the pedals of his tricked-out chrome bicycle.
