The most knowledgable person I know when it comes to state of Michigan politics is Richard Milliman. He writes a weekly column, The Almanac, which appears in several newspapers. Dick has been a friend of mine of over 40 years. He’s owned several newspapers, dailies and weeklies, and still has some, though officially retired. Early […]
If you’re like me, and I don’t think I’m an oddity, you didn’t get your plow or blower ready for winter until you awoke to inches of snow. And, of course, the winds were whipping at 86-miles an hour, the temperature was 11 below, you couldn’t find your winter boots or gloves and you had […]
The most knowledgable person I know when it comes to state of Michigan politics is Richard Milliman. He writes a weekly column, The Almanac, which appears in several newspapers. Dick has been a friend of mine for more than 40 years. He’s owned several newspapers, dailies and weeklies, and still has some, though he’s officially […]
I make a lot of smart-aleck remarks to strangers. And, thankfully, I usually get a smile. I saw a woman in a grocery store with an overflowing basket of goods. I asked, ‘Have you got room for anything else?? She smiled, ‘Hopefully, only one more thing.? At a plant sale I saw a woman with […]
We’re not going to get too serious here just before the holidays. Question: If all the endowed gals get jobs at Hooters, where do one-legged gals get jobs? Answer: I-Hop! – – – 0 – – – Too often when playing with Shayna she’ll rip some skin with a claw. When the bleeding starts I […]
The following isn’t 100 percent, but it covers a lot of us. First we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. (Not recommending that, of course.) They took aspirin, ate bleu cheese dressing and didn’t get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with […]
Looking for a new ‘put down? phrase? For 20 years Bill Ardelan served in various capacities at our Oxford Leader newspaper office — sales rep, sales manager, creative director and general manager, to name a few. He retired 14 years ago, moved to Gladwin and tried to forget his 20 years with me. Well, he […]
Phool. Fool. Phuul. No matter how you spell it, there’s still no fool like an old fool. Rearrange yourself while I tell you just one of my foolish experiences. Some weeds at the office needed their growth stopped. I measured off six ounces of RoundUp in the provided cup, took the sprayer to the hose […]
Phool. Fool. Phuul. No matter how you spell it, there’s still no fool like an old fool. Rearrange yourself while I tell you just one of my foolish experiences. Some weeds at the office needed their growth stopped. I measured off six ounces of RoundUp in the provided cup, took the sprayer to the hose […]
Thanksgiving Day, 2005 Let’s see, there’ll be five grandchildren, three of our own plus their spouses, brother-and-sister-in-law, Luan’s mother and brother-in-law and with me, that’s 16. Another challenge of the day is to fit them around an extended dining room table. Together we should be able to skeletalize a 25 pound turkey and hopefully leave […]