For the past few years I have heard from folks in our office, from our readers and from our business partners that times are hard. I’ll admit, it is hard to dispute that conclusion when using logical equations with variables of higher energy costs, higher food costs, fewer automotive-related jobs, more home foreclosures and charitable […]
Sometimes, when you’re lucky, your dreams can come true . . . such is the story of Michigan author/photographers Carl Sams and Jean Stoick. When I talked to Carl, he and wife Jean were at a pit stop somewhere in the heart of Texas. The Milford couple were visiting friends and doing what they the […]
Chances are you’ve read a lot of news about or surrounding Clarkston Schools. There’s a good reason, it is our Number One beat (responsibility) to cover. The district touches everybody. Your kids or grandkids go there; you may have graduated from there; you may know someone who works there, and; if you live or own […]
Hmm? What’s going on? Well, I have been remiss in my duties as a purveyor of locally written and or provocative literature. You didn’t know that was one of my duties? Well, it is — even if it’s a little known facet of my life as town’s Newspaper Guy. For the record my new business […]
Mere mortals, one and all. That’s us in the Great Lakes State. And as such, we can only wait and let nature complete its cycle. We are powerless against Jack Frost, Old Man Winter, et al. Well, that’s the way it used to be. Back in 2003 I wrote about more and more robins staying […]
As it has been since history was recorded, in the time which we live today there is much turmoil. That said, with the passing of Pope John Paul II, we all — Christian, Jew, Hindu, Muslim and atheist alike, can find and be a vessel of good. It is not “good” that he has passed, […]
So, the other Sunday I was sitting on the couch in the living room with my sons, Shamus (15) and Sean (13 in a month). Part of our weekend ritual is to watch one Sunday morning political talk show, whilst eating breakfast so we can make observations about politics before we dive into vacuuming, washing, […]
Spring has sprung’oh, boy has it sprung! The tulips and other bulbous flowers are pushing up from their long winter’s slumber. The grass is starting to green up. Area golf courses have stuck flags in their holes and opened their doors for business. And, holy cow, there are a lot of dead critters schmushed and […]
Four years ago, this week we were knee-deep in presidential campaign politics. Guess what, we are now, too. Here’s what I wrote then, but what is best about that column was what I stole from humorist Will Rogers. It was the same four years ago, as it was 80 years ago. * * * Give […]
Lo these many years I’ve heard that when dudes hit the half century mark, weird crap starts happening. Don’t know if it’s physical, emotional, mental or spiritual — but I’ve heard these rumors for as long as I care to remember. Well I’m hear to say, based on my own extensive, scientific experiments, it must […]