Tag: chicago bears
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Music: 4th Quarter song
No, it’s not about the epic failure at the end of yesterday’s Bears game, but about autumn, the end of things, death and transformation in relationships and status too. In other words, a sad song that came from me in as the green of Chicagoland summer turned slowly brown a couple weeks ago. Here is…
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Memoir: Early memories of dad (1966-67)

Sports were one place dad felt comfortable interacting with me. Otherwise he acted as men who came of age in the 1940s and 50s did: strong, silent, and cool. Except when it came to sports. In the presence of an athletic contest, dad re-animated. Watching a game on our black and white TV, he’d explosively…