by Craig Jones | Feb 26, 2021 | Childhood Memories, Craig Jones Notebook, Features
Craig Jones Legacy Columnist oming back through the community boathouse parking lot at the end of my run a couple of seasons ago, I saw boys working on what looked to be an enclosure for the two dumpsters there. This would render them less of an eyesore in this...
by Craig Jones | Jan 30, 2021 | Call it a Comeback, Craig Jones Notebook, Features
Craig Jones MDI Columnist Two images come immediately to mind whenever I think about “comebacks.” Sometimes when I want to get myself going and get all caffeinated and motivated I look on YouTube and find the footage of Billy Mills winning the 10,000 meter...
by Rich O'Keeffe | Jan 28, 2021 | Call it a Comeback, Features
Rich O’Keeffe MDI Contributor I don’t like the constructs around “comeback” stories. The most common place we see those are in some sort of sports allegory when a team that was trailing on the scoreboard rallies to win the game. The comebacks are even more epic...
by Fred Boyles | Jan 27, 2021 | Call it a Comeback, Features, What Works on a Men's Team?
Fred Boyles MDI Contributor OK, there’s a problem. It’s a disease. And it is something we in our men’s circles must deal with. Problem Teams have a built-in death trap – it’s the bullshit found in our check-ins. Men can fall into the...
by Eric Louie | Jan 26, 2021 | Call it a Comeback, Features
Eric Louie MDI Contributor (Editor’s Note – the editor can validate this entire story; he lived with Louie at one point.) The job listing considered with a “what the hell.” I had a stretch in life that was particularly difficult in my early 50s. I...
by Jim Ellis | Dec 30, 2020 | Features, Honoring Our Men
My wife and I had a vision. Yes! Let’s have a Christmas tree at the house. Who cares what the flippin’ governor and the gang say. Let’s not allow any Grinches or Burgermeister Meisterburgers stop Christmas from coming to our home. We will have our...
