So, in April I wrote about this newspaper’s efforts to support local businesses with our free ‘hippie? networking groups, the Coffee Club. In that column first published on April 25, 2012, was this one paragraph with 34 words. The paragraph: ‘Nor would I have met healing touch practitioner Janet Tait (her biz, Wellness Enhancement is […]
There are many times in all our lives when we need news that really isn’t. Sometimes we need news that doesn’t report the number of home foreclosures in Michigan; the number of soldiers killed in Iraq; nor the number of sexual blunders by any elected official. That, dear readers, is why when I need a […]
A quick look on-line and I found in 1907 Oklahoma became the 46th state in the Union after the Indian and Oklahoma territories were merged. I discovered the United States proclaimed to be protector of the Dominican Republic and invaded Honduras. That year, the Detroit Tigers lost the World Series to the Chicago Cubs, four […]
The other day, whilst sitting alone, contemplating life, my thoughts were interrupted. I was in sort of a dilemma. Then I had a thought. For the longest time I resisted tethering myself to electronic devices — this practice is a long-standing one with me, going back nearly a quarter of a century. I am not […]
This past weekend with fireworks and much merriment, we celebrated the declaration of our country’s independence. Not, as some get confused, our being independent from the old world’s superpower, England. On July 4, 1776 we merely announced to the world that we were free and were prepared to back up our words with action. ‘When […]
There are many times in all our lives when we need news that really isn’t. Sometimes we need news that doesn’t report the number of home foreclosures in Michigan; the number of soldiers killed in Iraq; nor the number of sexual blunders by any elected official. That, dear readers, is why when I need a […]
It’s the first of October, the beginning of the month so it must be time to clean out the message center, get rid of scribbled notes and in general clean up September’s mess. I received a couple of phone calls from the same Oxford resident wanting to share some love . . . not with […]
When I got to the office this morning (Monday), the green-lit, digital clock on my vehicle’s instrument cluster read 6:26. Next to that, was displayed the external temperature: 60. When I got out to get into the office I actually shivered. Hot damn, I shivered! A 40 degree swing (dip) in temperature meant living was […]
‘Who am I? I am just a poor boy from Lake Orion. Most of the kids around here from high school just call me Uncle Eddie. My family name is Mark Edward Bird. And my bill collectors don’t know who to send things to.? I was in Lake Orion with Eddie, to listen, ask a […]
‘Who am I? I am just a poor boy from Lake Orion. Most of the kids around here from high school just call me Uncle Eddie. My family name is Mark Edward Bird. And my bill collectors don’t know who to send things to.? I was in Lake Orion with Eddie, to listen, ask a […]