We made it through the checkered flag. And the offseason is coming fast. So there is plenty to get to this week. We’ve got the champs covered, and here’s the rest in the Takeaways …Kansas City ...

HAILSHAM WRITING GROUP meets on the third Thursday of every month to explore all sorts of writing from stories to newspaper articles, poetry to song lyrics.

While many of her contemporaries are playing canasta, she’s releasing her 25th book. There’s no mystery to it, Tyler says: Start on Page 1, then keep writing. By Elisabeth Egan In Callan ...