December 23, 2020

Dec 23, 2020 - Jan 5, 2021

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LEO’s Best of 2020: Nine articles worth revisiting

Certainly, these pages were home to more than just nine “best” stories and columns in 2020. But space… so, we weighted stories and columns for variety, importance and timeliness, and we settled on these nine.  You might look back through your stress-clouded memory to see that the year started off with great normalcy and ennui…

My last issue — stirring up good shit until the end

I have quit the best job in Louisville — managing editor of LEO Weekly.  My last day is Dec. 31.  Why would I do this? Because I am quitting to return to another love, architecture, focusing on historical preservation. If I am reading myself correctly, this is a good time for my Plan D. Running…

Ice cream for Christmas because… why not?

Tell me about favorite desserts and sweet treats for the holidays: What have you got? If you celebrated Hanukkah in your household, you’ve enjoyed such deliciousness as hamantaschen, jelly donuts and all manner of fried sweets. Christmas brings a wealth of sugary delights, from gingerbread cookies and Yule log cakes to the ubiquitous fruitcake and…

Random, unused thoughts, 2020

As I sit in my cluttered makeshift home office, with the chaos of a 17-month-old running his John Deere “tractor” back and forth on the floor above me, I’m excited that we’ve reached the end of 2020. It’s not just because a COVID-19 vaccine is on its way to an arm near you, or that…


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