December, 2000 Columns

Lincoln finally gets his own library

A night 'in the penal colony'
I'll be home for Christmas
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

November, 2000 Columns

How I flunked my stress test

Aunt Velma's 90th birthday party
Mr. Lincoln's neighborhood
Don't raise kids in a cemetary

October, 2000 Columns

Civil war and quakes rock New Madrid

My empty nest fills up
Me and Shostakovich

September, 2000 Columns

Just another day under the knife

Grant -- an old hero rediscovered
Biting the driver test bullet
Blending art and nature

August, 2000 Columns

I'd rather be in Paducah

The occupation and battle of Paducah
Ride with the rain and the sun
General Clark's market
Life on the New Madrid fault

July, 2000 Columns

What the Clark brothers started

All of Steven's angels
No insurance on truck roof
Getting to know my son

June, 2000 Columns

Pomp and circumstance

Dining as theater
'An eagle does not catch flies'
A ride in Southern Illinois

May, 2000 Columns

A publisher to the rescue - August Derlath, H.P. Lovecraft

H.P Lovecraft re-nominated

A lover of 'weird' New England - H.P. Lovecraft

DeKalb's art deco library - DeKalb, Illinois

Don't go down in the basement - Home redecorating

April, 2000 Columns

The Mississippi River frontier

Sauk City and Prairie Du Sac
A one-man writing machine
A true literary citizen

March, 2000 Columns

Four rivers, a scenic drive, and a brewery

La Crosse, Wisconsin

The celebration of a life in words and music

Marge Graham

That new car aroma
Automobiles

Down by the La Crosse riverside

La Crosse, Wisconsin

Cheif Black Hawk and 3 future presidents
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

February, 2000 Columns

A walk on the mall side

'There are no ghosts here'

Some dining in the Twin Cities
River best exhibit of all

January, 2000 Columns

A Snowfall walk and fireworks

The domes of St. Paul
Playing it a little too cool
St. Paul and all that jazz