Rock Island Argus Columns

For ten years, I wrote a weekly newspaper column about my slow accommodation to life in the Midwest.

These rantings appeared weekly in the Rock Island Argus and were reprinted in various regional publications. Follow these links for a sampling of columns that address 

• My love of sweet corn, 
• My distaste for the great outdoors ,and
• The astounding ability of Midwesterners to turn a simple "Good afternoon" into a five-act drama with no intermissions.