I’ve been wanting to write about our daughter Luan, and her courting by now-husband Bob Offer in 1969. To refresh my memory I re-read a history I wrote of Hazel’s life and my own life story. A couple years after Hazel died in 2001, I wrote down about each of our lives, hers from 1925, […]
That headline is the gist of what an article on Alaska reported in our recent Sunday paper. And, I quote, ‘The summer tourist magnet is planning months of celebration, featuring some of the state’s biggest bashes.? President Dwight Eisenhower signed the legislation making Alaska our 49th state, 50 years ago in June. The promoters in […]
I’ve always hated (disliked) articles filled with questions to the point I quit reading them. I figure I got questions, what I need are answers. However, sometimes questions really need to be asked. Like, how come I can remember the Gettysburg Address, Lord’s Prayer, some funny stories, etc., but can’t find my glasses, can’t remember […]
It’s been several weeks since I was exposed to an evening of insulting, bragging and attempted humiliation with an Alaskan. The Alaskan I refer to is Mike Barton — Alaskan by movement. Two decades ago, he was bored (or was he boring?) with his desk job in Washington, D.C. when Providence stepped in and he […]
We’ve all had this done to us. We say something about anything and the listener has a topper. We’ve all probably had the topper, too. That’s ok, if, as in my case the topper is better. For some unknown reason this verse came to mind. I recall reciting it to daughter Susan and her friend […]
The rising cost of a gallon of gasoline has wrought opposite reactions to drivers. There are those who drive slower and coast to stops at signs and lights. Then there is the majority of drivers who don’t consider the cost, don’t fear the hereafter and insist on being ahead of whatever and whoever is ahead […]
It’s been several weeks since I was exposed to an evening of insulting, bragging and attempted humiliation with an Alaskan. The Alaskan I refer to is Mike Barton — Alaskan by relocation. Two decades ago, he was bored (or was he boring?) with his desk job in Washington, D.C. when Providence stepped in and he […]
Our ski-bum grandson, Dan Offer, 23, was graduated from Michigan State Business School this month. His degree is in finance. His second goal is to pass the Certified Public Accountant tests, copying his father and grandfather — his dad’s side. His first goal is to spend ten months a year skiing and two months playing […]
Following is a reprint of a Jottings I wrote a long time ago. If you remember it, you too, are old. But it’s July, and the heat has slowed my mind. – – – 0 – – – ?. . . The accepted image of mothers to song writers and many of us ordinary folk […]
Our ski-bum grandson, Dan Offer, 23, was graduated from Michigan State Business School this month. His degree is in finance. His second goal is to pass the Certified Public Accountant tests, copying his father and grandfather — his dad’s side. His first goal is to spend ten months a year skiing and two months playing […]