Talking head, after talking head teases listeners by hinting at a colossal story, then saying, ‘You don’t want to miss this!? Often the story is a dud, but I stay tuned. I hope my lead-in headline doesn’t disappoint. But first, before the professional basketball teams take a break, I’d like to tell you what impression […]
Talking head, after talking head teases listeners by hinting at a colossal story, then saying, ‘You don’t want to miss this!? Often the story is a dud, but I stay tuned. I hope my lead-in headline doesn’t disappoint. But first, before the professional basketball teams take a break, I’d like to tell you what impression […]
The first year Hazel and I were married, she worked as a clerk in an Owosso factory. I commuted to East Lansing to college. With no school homework, I had lots more idle time than Hazel. I took up doing (what, in my youth, was considered) woman’s work around the house. You know — cooking, […]
Let’s ramble! First, my monthly bacon report. You didn’t think I forgot how interested you are, did you? This one is Nodine’s Apple Smoked Bacon out of Goshen, Connecticut. After being rotated in a tumbler for hours, after brining and curing, ‘The bacon is then sent over to the smokehouse, where it spends the better […]
Because I’ve always rooted for the American League in All-Star and league championship baseball games I’m prejudiced. And I see nothing to be gained by having the leagues play each other during the summer. The Pittsburgh Pirates were in Comerica Park recently to play the Detroit Tigers. Some friends bought tickets to see the Tigers […]
The most frequently asked, and most boring, question to returned deer hunters is, ‘Did you shoot Bambi?? It’s the put-down of fish and fowl savers and other do-gooders who find their only joy in life is picketing and playing with their Palm Pilot. For 10 years no one has shot ‘Bambi? in our camp. This […]
Because I’ve always rooted for the American League in All-Star and league championship baseball games, I’m prejudiced. And I see nothing to be gained by having the leagues play each other during the summer. The Pittsburgh Pirates were in Comerica Park recently to play the Detroit Tigers. Some friends bought tickets to see the Tigers […]
I can’t count the number of times I’ve been lured into buying stuff without thought. Especially, in grocery sections. I most always shop with a list. Too often I don’t look at it until I’ve got my basket half full. I can ignore the hand-painted sign just inside the door, the frozen food aisle and […]
Having been associated with newspapering for over 50 years I perhaps am more drawn to news reports, spoken and written, than many others. I’ve neither read nor listened with interest in anything but what I see and hear. No searching for flaws or innuendos. No thoughts of partisan reporting of political, environmental, religious or whatever […]
Hold it! Stop right there! And, as Barney Fife (Don Knotts) used to say as a deputy on Mayberry, RFD, ‘Just a gol darn minute.? There’s something you readers should think about. I ain’t just another pretty face, nor am I just another flatulence. How many people do you know that have been quoted on […]