The Final Chord

There’s an art to playing music for funerals. Okay, it’s not much of an art, but there are ...

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What ever happened to summer?

We called it the T-Bone Crash. My friend Johnny would get in his coaster wagon at the top of ...

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I think this makes 40 years or so that I’ve been running summer performing arts camp for kids ...

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In 1834 Jacksonville was the largest city in the state of Illinois. Yes, bigger than Chicago in ...

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They thought I was either crazy, or very, very old. I was sitting in a small circle of middle ...

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Ross Blevins told me that he had the most worthless dog in the world and that he wouldn’t take ...

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If you’re under the age of 30 don’t read this column. It’ll mean absolutely nothing to you. ...

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By Ken Bradbury I’m not sexist. I know I’m not because I keep telling myself i’m not sexist. ...

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By Ken Bradbury When my high school students are about to take their ACT tests I give them one ...

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By Ken Bradbury We sometimes think that the arts are somehow separated from real life, that ...

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