Looking for a new ‘put down? phrase? For 20 years Bill Ardelan served in various capacities at our Oxford Leader newspaper office — sales rep, sales manager, creative director and general manager, to name a few. He retired 14 years ago, moved to Gladwin and tried to forget his 20 years with me. Well, he […]
In Helen’s offerings this week, are items from church bulletins, like . . . ? The fasting and prayer conference includes meals. ? Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children. ? Ladies, don’t forget the rummage sale. It’s a chance to get rid […]
Phool. Fool. Phuul. No matter how you spell it, there’s still no fool like an old fool. Rearrange yourself while I tell you just one of my foolish experiences. Some weeds at the office needed their growth stopped. I measured off six ounces of RoundUp in the provided cup, took the sprayer to the hose […]
I make a lot of smart-aleck remarks to strangers. And, thankfully, I usually get a smile. I saw a woman in a grocery store with an overflowing basket of goods. I asked, ‘Have you got room for anything else?? She smiled, ‘Hopefully, only one more thing.? At a plant sale I saw a woman with […]
It’s amazing to me how the makers of lawn keeping tools, fertilizers and seeds constantly aim their messages toward people who detest yard work. Like: “Use our products and have more time to enjoy life!” The picture that follows is of man sitting on his duff in a lounge chair in his yard. First off, […]
The most knowledgable person I know when it comes to state of Michigan politics is Richard Milliman. He writes a weekly column, The Almanac, which appears in several newspapers. Dick has been a friend of mine of over 40 years. He’s owned several newspapers, dailies and weeklies, and still has some, though officially retired. Early […]
? It’s taken me a lot of my lifetime to acknowledge it’s much more important to have and keep friends, than to move conversation topics into politics and religion where I know from the start we don’t agree. We’ve been good friends of Tom and Irene for a few decades. I’ll admit it might help […]
I’ve been exchanging Jottings weekly for many years with Dick Milliman, and he sends me his columns, ‘The Almanack.? He’s owned several papers, from Grayling to the Indiana border, while being very active in Lansing. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was a recent topic of Dick’s. He wrote, ‘The public has not yet been told the ins […]
The most knowledgable person I know when it comes to state of Michigan politics is Richard Milliman. He writes a weekly column, The Almanac, which appears in several newspapers. Dick has been a friend of mine for more than 40 years. He’s owned several newspapers, dailies and weeklies, and still has some, though he’s officially […]
I was awakened at 12:35 a.m. on a Sunday morning recently by the sound of hot-rodders spinning wheels and racing engines with modified mufflers. I said to myself, “It must be spring!” I live on mile-long stretch of blacktopped road with few houses. It’s one of those roads, like Baldwin Road, that is a magnet […]