I believe only Christmas gets more buildup than Labor Day. Back-to-school brings retailers to the fore, just like Santa Claus. However, Labor Day is more of an ending, as in summer’s over, kids have new sitters, footballs are being flung and political rhetoric becomes as welcome as a breeze from a pig farm. But, my […]
I believe only Christmas gets more buildup than Labor Day. Back-to-school brings retailers to the fore, just like Santa Claus. However, Labor Day is more of an ending, as in summer’s over, kids have new sitters, footballs are being flung and political rhetoric becomes as welcome as a breeze from a pig farm. But, my […]
Few things rile me more, and more often, than the ‘pork barreling? that goes on in Washington. Senators ask for and get bridges and roads to nowhere, airfields where there are no need for planes, subsidies for everything grown, etc. Whatever lobbyist wants, lobbyist gets. It’s a lot like Lola. You know! ‘Whatever Lola wants, […]
This is a true story, and that is not to say all my other writings have not been true. This is about a married couple, old enough to be grandparents, but not yet on social security. Names used may not necessarily be theirs. This is called ‘protecting my butt.? The male, Tom, has been suffering […]
Former Detroit Mayoral Chief of Staff, Christine Beatty was ordered to wear a tether by a magistrate. Her attorney, Mayer Marganroth, in defending her, asked the camera, ‘How is she going to explain that to her two little girls at home?? My question is, ‘How did she explain the text messages to her two daughters?? […]
One of the first things I’ve noticed during this aging thing, are the commercials I’m paying attention to on the tube. I’m no longer interested in removing the gray from my hair, nor wrinkle removers. Cialis and Viagra ads aren’t even consciously observed. Clothes styles, my lowering belt line, receding hair line, stretch socks, Rolex […]
A 2-part Jottings: from pulpit and pen First ‘A Pastor with Guts? article gleaned from the U.P’s Porcupine Press. Pastor Joe Wright gave this unexpected prayer at the opening session of the Kansas Senate: ‘Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your […]
Following is a column written by Richard Milliman that I tend to favor. – – – 0 – – – Certain school orders ordained on high don’t make much sense in the real world. Mandatory curriculum, in my book, is a bad idea. Requiring every student in Michigan to take the same set of courses, […]
A Jottings reprints from October 15, 1986 For the most part I live a planned life. I mow the lawn on a certain day, get up and come to work at specific times, write this column at a designated time, etc. My pocket calendar is always handy, and particular dates and appointments noted far in […]
Headlines are supposed to attract our attention.This one in The Detroit News, September 23 sure got mine: ‘Individuality is lost as art of handwriting dies.? The reporter is Marney Rich Keenan. She writes of her 92-year-old father comparing the speed of today’s communications with the way it was in his youth. Keenan writes, ‘Nobody handwrites […]