Words fail me – but they’re all I have, or so it seems as I sit here at a table in my new apartment. They ain’t enough! Not as I read the news and feel...
Robert Koehler is an award-winning, Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer. Contact him at koehlercw@gmail.com or visit his website at commonwonders.com.
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26 July 2025
Life goes on, right? I’m not as certain about that as I used to be – or maybe I no longer understand the term “goes on.”
I’ve been pondering past...
16 July 2025
Let’s call it the human guessing game. There comes a point in life when we find ourselves playing it whether we want to or not. Hallelujah for a sense of...
08 July 2025
Eye-yii-yii! I’m trying to tell myself that I’m still learning about life, not drifting into doesn’t-matterness. You know, asleep on the couch in the middle...
25 June 2025
I’ve been away from “the world” for a while – by which I mean, away from home and my life of computer-focused hermitude.
As I wait for round 2 of my...
18 June 2025
Shouts and cheers, honking horns, people banging on drums. Oshkosh! No kings – at least not today. I’m with my si ster and great nephew, attending the...