Eulogy for my Father, Jerry.
On July 14, 2014 at the Basilica of St. James, Jamestown, ND, I shared my thoughts about Dad with gathered family, […]
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Stories
My collection of stories — factual to fictional — that I’ve authored over the years. In some cases, the posts are references to longer works published on other websites.
Driving Once Again
One of the things about moving from one place to another is that you rediscover some things just are not
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First Day
“First Day” is a true story about my first experience as a daily commuter on the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad on November 16, 1992. For nearly five years, I rode the South Shore 86 miles from South Bend, IN, to work at the University of Chicago.
The engine that started Project Bamboo
In the mid-2000s, the idea of cyberinfrastructure was starting to take hold in the sciences and a number of people,
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For the love of music
As I sit here sipping a glass of 20-year-old Ramos Pinto and enjoying the sounds of a jazz trio, I
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Night in the Lower Ninth Ward, AK (After Katrina)
A darkened bus slowly rolls along the dimly lit boulevard, eerie in nature but somehow not out of place. We
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Welcome to the Zoo
“Welcome to the Zoo” is a story based on a number of experiences I had during the nearly five years
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