Recently, the world as we knew it changed when the leaders of North and South Korea met in peace. Not only was there an exchange of a handshake and a smile, but each stepped across the border onto the land of the other country. There was an amazing and peaceful energy which surrounded the two […]
On Sunday, Feb. 18 at 3 p.m. you are invited to enjoy a “gift from the heart” with a great group of men called; The Gentlemen Songsters who with their director Peggy Barry-Bartz will provide a benefit concert. The concert is hosted by Unity of Lake Orion and all proceeds collected from our “love donation” […]
Another Father’s Day has come and gone. Big whoop, right? If your dad is alive you give him a call, send a card or go visit so he can grill up something tasty for the family to eat on Dad’s Day Weekend. Bada-bing, bada-boom. Done and done. Back in the day, when my sons were […]
We are indeed a nation of dissenters. It’s ingrained in our national identity from the earliest days when our forefathers dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest a tax; to telling those who attempt to trample our rights, “Don’t Tread on Me”; to the right to stand at our windows and yell, “I’m mad as […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor I remember my foray into vandalism. It was an exciting time, complete with that sensation of butterflies floating around in my stomach; the appreciation for the rich, vibrant colors emerging on my canvas; and, I must admit, more than a little pride with my own budding creativity. My mom caught […]
8 p.m., Tuesday, January 17: It was an unusually warm and damp night in the sleepy little town I have called home since before the turn of the century. Goodrich is a smallish, quaint village with a downtown lit up at night with about 20 street lights in a block and half of the business […]
Ah, another Michigan winter is upon us, courtesy of Sunday’s storm that left all of us, I’m sure, looking out our windows and feeling like we were part of a Norman Rockwell painting. Most people complain that our state has only two seasons (winter and orange barrel). Perhaps it’s the brown slush, wet feet, skyrocketing […]
When I was young girl, I imagined my adult life as a successful librarian with a husband, a farm house and maybe one or two adopted children — because who doesn’t want to rid the planet of homeless children? Little did my seven-year-old self know that my 23 year-old self would be as far from […]
The aroma of freshly baked pie and Thanksgiving dinner wafting from the kitchen, that new car smell, coffee brewing in the morning (or anytime of the day) – these are some of the scents that people love. For me, it’s been books. I’ve always been an avid reader and I swear that a new book […]
It’s a question that is echoed in almost every classroom and school hallway across the district: what did you do this summer? The responses tend to be similar: hung out with friends, traveled, went to the beach, slept. And soon these various summer adventures will be but a distant memory, one that we occasionally draw […]