You know, I don’t even know why I started writing — no, thinking about writing — this week’s column. It is just way, too danged early to write about national politics (since this is a community publication). But, here I go. If you wanna? turn the page, you have my blessings. Turn freely without guilt, […]
Don’t slug me. I’m gonna? say something that will make some of your heads turn unhealthy hues. Take a deep breath . . . let it out . . . relax, breathe and . . . ‘Every problem is really an opportunity waiting to be taken advantage of.? No, I am not my evil twin […]
March 11, 2007 is a day burned into my memory. Much like Aug. 16, 1977. I remember those dates with sadness. I don’t remember too many other dates, anniversaries or birthdays. I am a frivolous sort. * * * I knew it was the time of year when the governmental powers that be would once […]
Don’t slug me. I’m gonna? say something that will make some of your heads turn unhealthy hues. Take a deep breath . . . let it out . . . relax, breathe… ‘Every problem is really an opportunity waiting to be taken advantage of.? No, I am not my evil twin brother, Ronny Kumbaya Sunshine […]
A few years ago, right here in the hallowed halls of Don’t Rush Me-dom, I opined about this dude. This guy who is like a Detroit Lions superfan. His name, Denny Arney. I was just thinking about Denny this past Sunday, as your Detroit Lions finally broke into the winning column by downing the dreaded […]
While fall in Michigan is really a thing of beauty, brilliant fired oranges, reds and yellows in the trees, a sky of blue and plaid shirts of flannel, it is also kinda a sad time, too. At least for me. It’s the time of the year I say, ‘Fair thee well? to my gardens of […]
It must be genetic. There has to be something in my Deoxyribonucleic acid that makes me such an expert. My blue-collar dad was always fussy about how his clothes fit. The buttons on his shirt had to line up with his belt buckle and zipper on his trousers. I think he called it his ‘gig […]
For the past — oh, three, four or five months my knees have hurt. First one, the right, then the other (which, if you’re keep track, would be the left). And, well, it kinda bums me out, because I had started walking like four days a week and was getting really good at it! I […]
There’s a road that leads to happiness, I know we can find it. Although it’s full of hills an? spills, darling, we won’t mind it. I’ve got you, You’ve got me who cares how rough the road might be, We’ll go bumpty-bumpty bumpty-bump on the bumpy road to love. — Judy Garland * * * […]
A United States Marine, Sgt. Ashleigh Bryant has ‘picked them up and laid them down? all over the globe, however one of the most important walks she plans takes place this July, in Boston. In honor of her aunt and cancer survivor Lora Bryant of Clarkston, Ashleigh has signed on to walk 60 miles in […]