Articles by Scott Saalman

I’m lying on a Gurney cart, an IV in my arm / My eyes are closed, and in my head I’m back on my country farm / Where the grass…

Paul Michael Ash made me cry. This was way before he died 10 years ago (March 28, 2013), back when I barely knew the man. It was during a Spoken…

TRIM, Ireland – “I didn’t tell my wife that there was a five-course meal involved or she would’ve wanted to come along,” said this Irish guy, Aidan, as we indulged…

Recently, I had to contend with an epic battle between good and evil: To doughnut or not to doughnut. Angel: All those calories and sugar— Devil: A doughnut never hurt…

Announcer: Spanning the county to bring you the constant variety of sports . . . the thrill of victory . . . and the agony of defeat . . ….

Full disclosure: I’m bald. But you already knew this, thanks to the complementary photo with this column. Sometimes I’ve noticed my column on the obit page. Seeing my face staring…

So, everyone has boarded our transoceanic aircraft at O’Hare. The flight safety message starts. It’s the kind you watch on TV monitors instead of a flight attendant’s live reenactment of…

“Do you know what that is?” I asked my son on his 14th birthday in 2008, nodding toward the new 21-speed NEXT bicycle in the garage, a Walmart beauty given…

At the pandemic’s onset, I quit the gym. In its place, I purchased a step platform so I could participate in a beginners’ aerobics fitness cardio class, featuring instructor Jenny…