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How I went from zero to 40

I love to write. I tried my hand at novels, short stories, blogs, news articles, local interests, and other venues. I even was awarded a…

Feb 9, 2021

How I went from zero to 40

Feb 9, 2021

Chicago is a town without pity

“No, it isn’t very pretty what a town without pity can do” (Town Without Pity)

Jun 22, 2020

Chicago is a town without pity

Jun 22, 2020

Happy Father’s Day dad

My father died in 1989. There is not a day that goes by that I do not think about him or miss him.

Jun 20, 2020

Happy Father’s Day dad

Jun 20, 2020

Memorial Day commemorates the dead

Bugles are calling from prairie to shore, Sign up and ‘fall in’ and march off to war; Drums beating loudly, hearts beating proudly March…

May 25, 2020

Memorial Day commemorates the dead

May 25, 2020

Is the COVID-19 lockdown legitimate

No matter our political persuasion and whether we admit it or not, Americans have a strong libertarian streak. We want to be left alone…

May 13, 2020

Is the COVID-19 lockdown legitimate

May 13, 2020

COVID-19 diary

Since self-isolation, physical distancing, lockdown, or whatever we call it, our lives have changed over the course of one month. Social…

Apr 19, 2020

COVID-19 diary

Apr 19, 2020

From the park bench

I developed a routine during the COVID-19 lockdown in Chicago. I go to my local independent coffee shop. The couple that own it depend on…

Mar 25, 2020

From the park bench

Mar 25, 2020

COVID-19 proves all politics is local

Politics consists of actions that involve governance. Politics involves decision making on behalf of citizens. It is taking action and…

Mar 19, 2020

COVID-19 proves all politics is local

Mar 19, 2020

Chicago thank you for letting me serve

Forty-two years ago, I walked into the Chicago Police Academy. Forty-two years ago I found my calling doing a job I loved.

Feb 27, 2020

Chicago thank you for letting me serve

Feb 27, 2020

Artist Yulia Kuznetsova earned a path to citizenship

Chicago is a city of immigrants. Since the city’s early days, people from foreign lands came to Chicago. They fled persecution, poverty…

Sep 9, 2019

Artist Yulia Kuznetsova earned a path to citizenship

Sep 9, 2019

My Chicago

My Chicago

Mr. Bella is a retired Chicago Police officer. He is a professional photographer- he gets paid. He is a past writer for ChicagoNow. He lives with his dog, Jack.

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