I loved the riff between UAW president Ron Gettlefinger and Marine Lt. Col. Joe Rutledge. If you recall, in mid-March Gettlefinger banned Marine reserves from parking their foreign cars with Bush bumper stickers from parking in the Union lot. Nothing wrong so far. Having served in the Navy in the Pacific theater during WWII I […]
In July, 2006 an artist approached me with the idea of painting a mural on the side of 5 S. Washington St. What a great idea, I thought. Dress up the corner. Bring in some wholesome images — a slice of Americana right here in Clarkston. I toured entire towns where the businesses were muralized. […]
Manure spreaders were not invented as a joke I was born on a farm in Laingsburg, Michigan. Though Dad wasn’t a farmer, he played at it. Other farms we lived on in Shiawassee County were near Bancroft, Durand and Vernon. We had chickens and hogs, not cows, hay, grain or the machinery to plant, care […]
Miss me? Well, not as much as I missed you. I’ve been looking for someone else to blame for my absence. That’s just the way I am. Blame someone or something else. I’ve narrowed it down to the anticipation of the Groundhog’s appearance February 2. Just before that, I was struck with a session of […]
As winter started closing in last fall, I decided some 40-year-old pines in the front yard should be eliminated. They’d served as a great screen from traffic noise, etc., but some thinning was due. I asked the cutter to leave at least one 4-ft. stump in case I wanted a monument some day. Before the […]
A personal letter to my dog, Shayna Dear Shayna, I have come to the conclusion that you have selective hearing, so I’m going to see if your reading would bring better results. When I say move, in either a mild or forceful voice, it means putting your whole body someplace else, not rolling your eyes […]
I started watching ‘NCIS? soon after it started airing in 2003. What drew me to the program was the name of the leading man, Mark Harmon. He was born in 1951 to Tom Harmon and actress Elsie Knox. I first started reading about Tom Harmon when he was an All-American football player for University of […]
I like to start a Jottings with pointing out, as they do on the tube, ‘This is a true story, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.? This has to be true, our daughter told it to me. These two lady friends went shopping a Kroger store. One is a diabetic and […]
Granddaughter Karen qualified for the Michigan High School Athletic Association Ski Tournament, which was Monday, Feb. 28. She skis with the Brandon-Oxford ski team She reminded me I hadn’t seen her ski in any of the tournaments this year, so I got the hint and went to this one. It wasn’t a hint, it was […]
My daddy died at 93: 94 if he’d sanitized A big percent of Americans can be talked, or sold, into anything. Like hand sanitizers, but only if they are used correctly, according to an article I read Sunday. Of course, the only reason I read it was to confirm my belief that I should have […]