We’re going to ramble all over the map this week.. We all have friends and/or relatives who think Florida is the place to be sometime in winters, if not all the time. The sun alters some of their thinking. Like my friend Nick. He’s going to play golf this morning (Jan 19) starting at 8:30. […]
I’m going to prove there are things to learn you didn’t even think you needed to learn. It was taught to me by a early-20s gal on a very slow night at a restaurant. She had stood at our table long enough to hear some of our conversation, which prompted her to tell an experience. […]
A bugler’s taps at a military funeral so final Our friend Jim Dafoe chose Great Lakes National Cemetery, in Holly, for his final resting place. Michigan has two National cemeteries, Holly and Battle Creek. In November 2002, the National Cemetery Association Department of Veterans Affairs, paid $6.2 million for the 544 acres, now run by […]
Jim’s Jottings will return next week!
This year, 2005, pay particularly close attention to your elected officials? taxing actions. I mean on all levels: village, city, township, county, state and national. Many are saying they’ve cut spending to the bone, that services are going to have to be cut, more layoffs are imminent, tsunami is hitting Michigan followed by the end […]
A woman went to the doctor’s office where she was seen by one of the younger doctors. After about four minutes in the examination room, she burst out, screaming as she ran down the hall. An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was and she told him her story. After listening he […]
Gone a week, but to me, the greatest thing that happened was the sun finally came out, the weather warmed and I could plant my geraniums and marigolds. One day during that week I went trout fishing in the UP with my equally unlucky son, Jim. Let me define my trout fishing: I sit on […]
Gone a week, but to me, the greatest thing that happened was the sun finally came out, the weather warmed and I could plant my geraniums and marigolds. One day during that week I went trout fishing in the UP with my equally unlucky son, Jim. Let me define my trout fishing: I sit on […]
I’m a occasional quoter of Gumperson’s Law, which is probably interchangeable with Murphy’s Law, McGurk’s Law and your own law. All somewhat resemble the ‘Law? of the armed services, depending which you want to attribute it to, ‘If something can go wrong, it will.? Readers can appreciate these ‘laws? if they have ever wondered why […]
I’m a occasional quoter of Gumperson’s Law, which is probably interchangeable with Murphy’s Law, McGurk’s Law and your own law. All somewhat resemble the ‘law? of the armed services, depending which you want to attribute it to, ‘If something can go wrong, it will.? Readers can appreciate these ‘laws? if they have ever wondered why […]