April, 2003 Column

My final deadline - everybody is cheering me on

March, 2003 Column

The big test

February, 2003 Columns

I'm not an artist, but ...

That new car smell
How to make something simple complex

January, 2003 Columns

Spring Green, a cultural center

Don't try this movie at home
The roads to Dodgeville rise and fall
A memory that will never be forgotten

December, 2002 Columns

A tour of the Wright stuff

Architects 'learn by doing'
House is gone, but far from forgotten
Master of the 'natural'
An art deco present

November, 2002 Columns

The house on Orchard Lawn

Reference: Mineral Point, Wisconsin

On Shake Rag St.

Reference: Pendarvis Complex, Mineral Point, Wisconsin

'Cornwall forever'
Reference: Marion Howard, Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Column #1,000
Reference: Copley News Service

October, 2002 Columns

How will you have your concert?

Setting my cap
'Oh, how I wish't I was in Peoria'
'Land of great abundance'
A Cornish adventure in Wisconsin

September, 2002 Columns

Vandalia's three capitols

Memorial to pioneer mothers
Quincy shows how to love its neighbors
John Quincy Adams' own town

August, 2002 Columns

Ancient Mississippians had culture and mystery

The mystery of the corn
The small town hasn't vanished yet
University economic and educational engine

July, 2002 Columns

Is there really life after high school?

You can't get there from here
Paul Simon still going at full speed
Retired senator heads a 'do tank'
Prehistoric 'City of the Sun'

June, 2002 Columns

Everything you would ever want to know about Lincoln

'When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd'
Here's to you, Jack
A pilot of aviation's golden age

May, 2002 Columns

Illinois' Second City

Museum inspires fossil hunting
The new University of Illinois at Springfield
Lincoln papers project expands search

April, 2002 Columns

The tyranny of parking in Chicago

An art colony that influenced a century
Finding a true treasure trove
A Normal university town
Mr. Lincoln's workplaces