Getting a haircut recently I overheard some of Gayle Schlicht’s deer hunting plans. They have a cabin w-a-a-y up north. It sounded like one huge room that sleeps 16 with a wood burning stove in the middle. They’ll cut next year’s firewood this season, as they’ve done for years. Of the 14 scheduled this season […]
First, my toad story needs some background. After being discharged, honorably, from the United States Navy in 1946 I went back to Western Michigan University where I’d already spent one prewar year. With an ego the size of Everest, and self appreciation of my athletic ability to match, I went out for Western’s basketball team. […]
It crossed my mind while watching a Detroit Lions (professional?) football game that vendors in the stadium food booths would probably like to sell as many hot dogs as there are down on the field in Honolulu Blue and White. The gyrations some of the million-dollar-a-game guys display after they catch a pass, tackle a […]
Merry Christmas! Once again I’d like to share the warmth of the season with all of you. Those two boys on the right have a little more warming up to the season than the rest of us. With me are my grandchildren, from the left (standing) Karen Offer, Savannah, twins Haley and Trevor Speed and […]
I realize this may upset our children, grandchildren or others who thought they were giving me the world’s greatest Christmas gift, but daughter Susan really did give me the world’s greatest gift. It’s a membership in the Bacon of the Month Club. Imagine knowing each month, for 12 months, you’re assured of getting a package […]
We all have quirks, routines and/or habits others find foolish, unreasonable and/or mysterious. My Sunday morning reasons for arising are likely to raise some eyebrows. Many times my first thought on waking is to read the morning Freep or Detroit News. Of course, now they are one and the same . . . Free Press […]
‘Mean? Mary Jean, the tour scheduling genius of Oxford Parks and Recreation, got tickets for a half hundred of us to see Jeff Foxworthy at the Fox Theater in Detroit recently. You know Foxworthy, he of ‘You might be a Redneck if? fame? He’s been on stages around the world for 20 years, but it […]
I was invited to party a few weeks before Christmas where everyone was to bring a gift. The gift couldn’t cost more than $15 and it had to be bisexual. The Inviter apparently heard the bewilderment in my voice, because she said, ‘Something like maybe a disc.? I considered the possibilities, but the disc offering […]
It’s hard to believe it’s been three weeks since I wrote about bacon. I know! I know! You’ve been anxious to read more, both you readers have called. Actually, I had kind of put bacon on the back burner, so to speak. Then I heard Tompall Glaser singing, ‘Put another log on the fire,? which […]
This column is more about life than golf, though the headline may make you think otherwise. A Christmas present from son Jim was the book, ‘Who’s Your Caddy?? by Rick Reilly. In real life he’s a back page columnist for Sports Illustrated. Eleven people agreed to let him caddy for them. People like John Daly, […]