From the desk of Daniel P. Finney, 24th Street bureau, Des Moines, Iowa. ITEM ONLY: I ate my mother’s food on Thanksgiving Day. This simple declarative sentence would be unimpressive in any other year. But we know damn well this is not any other year. This is the year of COVID, social distancing and lockdowns.Continue reading “HOT SHEET: The joy of mother’s cooking when we can’t be together”
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HOT SHEET: Bears survive, Old Man Brady falters, Northwood volleyball poster provokes and prayers for Grandma Lois
ITEM ONE: Behold the power of reverse psychology: Hot Sheet predicted doom for the Chicago Bears vs. the Detroit Lions on Sunday at Ford’s Field. Hark! T’was but a ruse! They typist’s faux bad juju produced a dramatic come-from-behind win for the Monsters of the Midway led by none other than the much-maligned Mitchell Trubisky.Continue reading “HOT SHEET: Bears survive, Old Man Brady falters, Northwood volleyball poster provokes and prayers for Grandma Lois”
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