There is no place colder than a cold day in the rain in Florida. It may be 48 degrees, but tourists are dining in the rain at the Crab & Fin sidewalk café at St. Armand's Circle in Sarasota. We're lost, circling an immense round-and-round of pricey shops - and then we spot the place …
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There is no question that I am clumsy.
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SARASOTA, Fla. — When he was 5 years old, Howard Braren saw his first circus. It was the immense Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey show. He was thrilled, as any starry-eyed kid could be, by the grand pageantry of the greatest show on earth.
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SHIVERING ALONG THE WAY — Some people say they actually can get to Florida from the Quad-Cities in a day. But anyone who travels such a long-g-g-g way in 24 hours belongs at Daytona.
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I've had enough of winter, and have headed out to find a place without snow and cold. Of course, as I read in this noospaper, there was snow last week in 49 or our 50 states. So it could be a long, long search -- but I expect to be back in this spot in mid-March. When I find sunshine, I'l…
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A few weeks ago, I asked romantic poets through our ever-lovin’ area to come up with some special couplets for Valentine’s Day.
Feb 14, 2010 | 2:00 am | Loading…
It’s 44 zaps later, and I feel wonderful! I never felt bad to begin with, but when biopsies confirmed that I had cancer, it scared the hell out of me. It was a dismal, wet day when I learned of my problem. Sure, it bothered me. It worried me even more when I was told it was an aggres…
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I’m riled up again to climb on the soapbox, “Is anybody there? Does anybody care?” because the marquee in front of Davenport’s grand Adler Theatre is dark. It’s broken.
Feb 12, 2010 | 2:00 am | Loading…
It was an early Valentine’s for Bill and Helen Wundram this morning in the Quad-City Times newsroom.
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We’re now in the worst of winter, and though I love snow, I’m sick of it. Our bellies and boots are full of snow and cold. Now, it is the wind. Cold is tolerable, but the wind that gusted overnight was a killer.
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It was a twinight when we should have been doing something productive like working on the taxes or emptying the dishwasher. But we chose a more important thing — appreciating the karma of our home.
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In a dim little nook at Davenport’s Runge Mortuary — behind a door that says “Music Room” — Kenneth Peterson, 97, is fidgeting with his necktie, a checked four-in-hand at the collar of his white shirt. A meticulously dapper man, he never has played organ for a funeral without we…
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Greg Lundgren returned home to a real shocker this week. Draped across his snowy front yard were dozens of brassieres. They stretched from a lamp post to a tree and back again. The bras were all sizes and assorted colors, skin tones and shades of black and bright red. A couple were green.
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The last time you saw Fritz Fuhs, 80, he probably was moseying along a downtown Davenport street in an orange cap, picking up a tossed-away sandwich wrapper. He’d hinge his lean frame, normally straight as a broomstick, to scoop the litter left by some careless oaf.
Feb 03, 2010 | 2:00 am | Loading…
Small thoughts at large on another winter day when I don’t even want to think about the groundhog …
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Thank you, U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley. You are, indeed, a kindly, thoughtful politician. But I suggest that you check into the congressional office staff’s handling of mail.
Jan 30, 2010 | 2:00 am | Loading…
We believe that the most revolutionary shift in Quad-City lifestyle is the changing bar.
Jan 29, 2010 | 2:00 am | Loading…
You’re within your growly rights to groan about the weather. Sunday afternoon, the sun broke through for a few precious minutes for the first time since Jan. 13. It was a lazy sun that surprised the moody gray clouds. I ran to the closet for my shorts. I was ready to dash outside and …
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I know that we should wait until it is closer to Valentine’s Day, but let’s have some fun, pronto.
Jan 24, 2010 | 12:00 am | Loading…
This week, a padded envelope arrived. Something cushiony was inside, a small pillow with needlework. It was a phrase from a column I wrote a few months ago about having cancer and my intention to get the best of it. I had written that I was learning to dance in the rain.
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Bill Wundram, a lifelong Quad-Citizen, as he would call himself, has been on the staff of the Quad-City Times and its predecessors for more than 65 years. He has worked as a reporter and an award-winning features editor and currently writes five columns a week, down slightly from the seven per week he did just a few years ago. He has won countless writing awards and honors, has authored several books, and his work has appeared in national publications. Bill and his wife, Helen, have been married for 57 years. They have two adult children and four grandchildren.
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