SB AndersonCoronavirus lessons our milk-allergic son taught us nearly three decades agoWashing my hands dozens of times a day and using gobs of Wet Wipes daily reminds me of the training we got over nearly two decades in…Mar 19, 2020Mar 19, 2020
SB AndersonBirthday, Christmas and the Sunset of a GenerationYesterday, I marked another birthday and wondered again, as I have for years, why the person who was brought into the world on a certain…Dec 24, 2019Dec 24, 2019
SB AndersonLESSONS OF THE LEAVESOutside now in late October, the leaves are outrageous, facing certain death, they flip the bird with blinding, stunning colors and spend…Oct 25, 2019Oct 25, 2019
SB AndersonTREEWatching (for the nth time) Springsteen on Broadway on Netflix today and the closing soliloquy from Bruce reminded me of this amazing tree…Aug 20, 2019Aug 20, 2019
SB AndersonFamily dinner in MiamiTwo old uncles are at the center of the dinner table. One of them looks tired and disengaged and doesn’t seem to want to be there, and…Jun 28, 2019Jun 28, 2019
SB AndersonThe non-evil side of FacebookFor all of its flaws, toxicity and sinister things it enables — and heaven knows, there are many, many — I still remain something of a…Jun 22, 2019Jun 22, 2019
SB AndersonThe flower childThis is my toddler grandfather Russell W. Anderson, circa 1905, being something of a flower child in the yard at the family home along the…Jun 14, 2019Jun 14, 2019
SB AndersonDuPage turning the page as GOP bastionThe county in which we live — DuPage, IL, just west of Chicago — was one of the strongest, most storied GOP suburban bastions in the…Nov 4, 2018Nov 4, 2018
SB AndersonThe son’s family also rises“Play!,” our young granddaughter commanded this morning, grabbing my hand and tugging. And I obediently (and gladly) followed into the play…Aug 1, 2018Aug 1, 2018