For about two-thirds of a year there’s no such thing as a good tasting tomato in Michigan markets. Oh, they look good. Red, ripe and round, except for the Romas. But for a person who compares tomatoes with luxury cars, the Romas, vine ripened and greenhouse grown tomatoes are the junkyard Edsels of tomatoes. Oh, […]
If ignorance is bliss, why aren’t more people happy? Confucius say: ‘Man who sit on jelly roll have rear end in jam.? Sign at propane filling station: ‘Thank heaven for little grills.? * * * Job descriptions, or titles, can make even a common everyday job sound important and even give stature to that worker. […]
When Danny was born to daughter Luan her first words to him were, ‘Hi Sweety. You’re going to Michigan State University.? When Luan’s husband, Bob Offer came into the delivery room his first words were a question: ‘Did you tell him he’s going to MSU?? Thus the lad’s academic future was established. The first day […]
Shades of Rudy Vallee’s My time is Your Time. Well, to me, My Time is Tomato Time. But, my regular reader knows that. Response to previous columns has brought a half dozen ways of cooking the bacon, which is the ‘B? in BLT, which I know you know. The George Foreman grill has been suggested […]
Question: Who or which person, company or organization first started answering your phone calls with voice mail? I think it was government – local, county, state – offices and bureaus within those units. And, with the great, and apparently accepted use of acronyms, here’s one for voice mail: EAS. Electronic Avoidance System. Oh, how many […]
I may be a little late bringing you The Old Farmers? Almanac weather predictions for the rest of this year and 2004. Their complimentary magazine just arrived this week. But, here’s the summary for their Region 9, Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: Winter will be cold, with temperatures three degrees below normal, on average. Temperatures […]
We’ve heard it from our mothers, grandmothers and even the pulpit – Never Go Grocery Shopping On An Empty Stomach! But, did we learn? No! That ‘no? includes everybody who ever entered a grocery store. If we didn’t learn from those mentioned above, we should have gotten the message when groceries started installing self-opening doors. […]
Gleaned from a newsletter from St. Augustine’s Lutheran monastery in Oxford: ‘New windows have been installed in the bedrooms of the retreat house. Through the summer months guests appreciated larger windows and the ease with which they could be opened and closed. The better widows should also make the rooms warmer in the winter.? Maybe […]
When our daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Tim Speed, sit down to dinner they ask the twins and daughter Savannah to say the blessing. They try to alternate them, but sometimes one will volunteer. Anyway, this evening they got Trevor, 4, to say the prayer: ‘God is great, God is good, let us thank Him […]
But, Jim’s Jottings will return next week!