A Tale of Two Cities (in Geneva Patch)

• Terry Flanagan
• May 18, 2013

Geneva has Gardenology while St. Charles has guns, booze, and Harleys.

The Great American Pickle Crisis (in Geneva Patch)

• Terry Flanagan
• May 11, 2013

Portillo’s customers find themselves in a pickle over a pickle shortage.

Patch's House & Home

Mulch Madness

• Terry Flanagan
• May 4, 2013

‘Tis the season when we ponder that perennial puzzle of how mulch is too mulch. Hint – don’t look for any expert help here.

Business

Finally a Tax I Could Learn to Love

• Terry Flanagan
• May 5, 2013

With so many banks today Bonnie and Clyde could have made a living in one town.

Politics

The Mayor Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks (in Geneva Patch)

• Terry Flanagan
• Aug 30, 2012

Bootleggers need not apply

Politics

Pompadour and Circumstance—Trump Is the New Republican Real Estatesman

• Terry Flanagan
• Aug 28, 2012

The Donald —a statesman? Who knew?

Religion

Terry Flanagan: Be Fruitful and Multiply

• Terry Flanagan
• May 20, 2012

Revisiting Genesis

Media

Loud TV Commercials—The Storm Before the CALM

• Terry Flanagan
• May 2, 2012

Do LOUD commercials make you want to scream? Relief is supposedly on the way. Plop. Plop. Fizz. Fizz.

Politics

Pure Oil Building Wins in Extra Innings (in Geneva Patch)

• Terry Flanagan
• Apr 3, 2012

Deja vu all over aagain as Yogi would say.

Politics

Terry Flanagan: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

• Terry Flanagan
• Feb 24, 2012

Clint Eastwood's toughest role: mayor of Carmel. People say he ran a tasteful, low-key campaign, though.