So, not too long ago — maybe a month ago — there I was sitting across from her at the Blue Ox in Lake Orion. Red hair, freckles, glasses. She’s rather short, but I didn’t fake dropping something under the table to see if her feet touched the floor whilst sitting in a chair. In […]
I want to take this time to personally thank reader Karen Sabourin for ruining my entire day. Before reading her e-mail, I was happy as a clam knee deep in muck; happy as a duck in water; happy as a pig in — well, you get the picture. Then I read her e-mail. As I […]
Contrary to what some may believe, when it rains, the road gets wet. And, when the road gets wet, it is slippery. Ta Da! Pretty simple stuff, aye? That said, reader Diane Estes is peeved at the lack of knowledge, or the ignoring of said fact by area drivers. ‘I’ve been hit twice, rear-ended. I […]
While partaking in one of life’s little pleasures (scraping 100-square-feet of 50-year-old Linoleum off a hard wood floor with a one-inch putty knife) I had time to reflect. I had time to talk to myself. I had time to let my mind wander. I had plenty of time, because it takes a number of scrapes […]
Last year I was full of conspiracy theories. That was before the presidential election. Now, a changed man in a changed land, I know there are no conspiracies lurking behind every hunk of marble in Washington, DC. That said, here was my favorite conspiracy from 2008. * * * At first I didn’t see any […]
At ye old homestead in Goodrich, the well water ain’t that great. Lots of iron and lots of arsenic. That being the case, we tend not to drink the stuff. We buy bottled water. This past week, after we came home from a little time off on the shores of Lake Huron, I happened to […]
In about two weeks, local fans of the National Football League will get to see hometown boy-gone-pro Jim Bates, again walking the sidelines. Bates, who graduated from Oxford High School in 1964, is defensive coordinator for one of the NFL’s most storied franchises ? the Green Bay Packers. ‘Jim was in town about two weeks […]
When I was a wee bit younger than I am now, I used to shake my head with sadness or shake my fists in anger — I used to get upset at the sheer volume of signs screwing up our roadsides. When I was too young to drive, back before seat belts were mandatory and […]
More interesting news that all involved with public schools should read. On Sunday, the Traverse City Record Eagle newspaper reported ‘eyebrows are being raised? in Leland, Michigan. Seems there are gardens on the grounds of the Leland Public Schools — which is not what all the hubbub is about. Read on. Like most school districts […]
Yeah, I know, I know. Don, you said you’d write more . . . you are saying. And, you’re correct, I did say something like that. But (here comes the excuse), I am working on stuff at work, other than writing. One thing is this website. I gotta? get it more modern. I have added […]