Several weeks ago daughter Luan asked if she could have grandson Dan’s graduation party at our house. ‘Of course, good idea,? I said. ‘We’ll probably use the garage for the food,? Luan added. ‘Fine,? I said. A few days later some word absorption started. A lot of people will come to our house. Maybe I […]
At this writing Hillary Rodham Clinton’s book is five days from being released. And, the only thing being quoted, and apparently the only thing people are interested in, is how she handled husband Bill’s tryst with Monica. She cried, she yelled, concluded she loved him and ran for public office in another state. Did you […]
Every so often I ask daughter Susan for a Trevor fix. He and his twin sister, Haley, 3 and a half, keep their parents alert and sometimes entertained. It was 4 a.m. when Susan heard Trevor call for her. She went in and asked, ‘What is it, Trevor?? He said, ‘I love you, Mommy!? ‘That’s […]
Jim Sherman, Sr. has just taken a break from writing Jim’s Jottings. The column returns next week!
A month ago I wrote of daughter Luan asking to have a graduation Open House at my house. I eagerly agreed, then thoughts flooded my head on what had to be done to make this place presentable. The lawn needed bare spots reseeded. The flower beds needed immediate plantings and plenty of watering. Our swimming […]
When daughter Luan and husband Bob Offer started planning the Open House for their son Dan’s graduation, the goal was to get as many cousins together as possible. Other than funerals and weddings they may never see each other, and never can they all make those occasions. Luan, being a self-designated gynecologist, I mean genealogist, […]
Bylined newspaper columns, especially with pictures of the writer, are personal columns. Jim’s Jottings is one of those. Regular readers (last week’s) may remember I said that would be the last you’d read of THE Open House. I lied. I didn’t mean to, but to write this column, which is intended to promote sympathy, The […]
I live on an increasingly popular, formerly gravel, now blacktopped rural road (or so it was when we moved here in 1971). However, rural it isn’t now. In the past five years over 300 homes have been built in/on/off a 2-mile stretch of my once-quiet street. Increased traffic brings an increasing assortment of people, which […]
Many years ago I asked Lake Orion’s eminent guru and handyman Bud Schaar to hook up a building to the town’s sewers. Some weeks went by with no action. I called Bud to ask why. He said, ‘I’m like the government. First you have to name a committee then appropriate some funds.? He started right […]
Perhaps it was the advent of an approaching birthday, but for some reason I looked up some of my old columns. Goodness gracious, I’ve been writing a personal weekly column for nearly 49 years. I started with a sports column September 2, 1954 while covering the St. Johns High School Redwings for the Clinton County […]