A while back Michigan State defeated Big Ten opponent Iowa in a football game in East Lansing. The Big Ten Network televised the game. I do not know who was responsible for getting the play-by-play announcer, and I guess it doesn’t matter. She failed terribly. That’s right, they put a woman behind the microphone for […]
A brief chronological look of Detroit Before Detroit was Detroit, it was what the Anishinabeg tribes called, Bending River. Prior to the 1600s there were no native settlements along this stretch of river. Instead it was a meeting ground — a place where the Council of Indian Chiefs met to settle tribal difficulties. 1701: Antoine […]
Some readers may recall seeing a similar column ten years ago. For three decades before that Elizabeth Baldwin frightened and enlivened acquaintances with ‘tricks.? She knew I hated green peppers, so they were a frequent gift from her to me. And, I gave her a pepper plant, potted and ribboned, in return. I wrote originally […]
Before Detroit was Detroit, it was what the Anishinabeg tribes called, Bending River. Prior to the 1600s there were no native settlements along this stretch of river. Instead it was a meeting ground — a place where the Council of Indian Chiefs met to settle tribal difficulties. 1701: Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac established Fort […]
I want to thank Isabel Triest, and the coming Thanksgiving calendar, for giving me material for another Jottings. Isabel and her husband, Ed, owned the Sunoco station on S. Washington and Lincoln Streets in Oxford for quite a few years. Recently, she sent me a clipping about ‘grandma’s apron.? I relate it to my mother […]
Happiness is: Good snow and my John Deere ‘Tis Sunday morning, January 11, 2009, and everything is right with the world. The snow accumulation overnight was somewhere between six inches and six feet, depending on which liar ended the conversation. It was a delightful sight. The brilliantly red cardinals were feasting in the sunlight with […]
Not many weeks pass without someone’s dog being featured in a news story about how they cared for a family member while they are suffering. Ma’dog Shayna isn’t a headline seeker, witness her recent reaction to my suffering body. I had, to me, a severe stomachache. Whatever relief I could bring, didn’t last long. As […]
Following hip surgery last February I was scheduled for physical therapy, to be paid for by Medicare. Though the pulling, bending and stretching did much for strengthening my right leg, my need for a walker remains. Recently, Medicare (a federally supported agency) ceased paying for my therapy. That prompted this thought: I am now 87-years-old […]
Not many weeks pass without someone’s dog being featured in a news story about how they cared for a family member while they are suffering. Ma’dog Shayna isn’t a headline seeker, witness her recent reaction to my suffering body. I had, to me, a severe stomachache. Whatever relief I could bring, didn’t last long. As […]
I’m not a pessimist! I’m not a pessimist! I’m not a pessimist! But, doubt creeps in when I read the ancient Mayans said we are in the cusp of the end times, the end of a galactic day or time period. Their calendar ends on the end of the winter solstice, December 12, 2012. Scholars […]