From cradle to grave most of us are asked, encouraged and threatened to exercise. Stretch, run, do push-ups, work off the flab. And we spend at least half of the next eight decades questioning that ‘need.? With those early thoughts still prevalent, I signed up for some professional training. I stretched and pulled for a […]
That’s what Detroit Free Press columnist Terry Foster wrote after the Sunday, August 6 game in Comerica Park. His ‘best game ever? conclusion had more to do with a father-son thing than the Tigers come from behind win in extra innings to defeat the Indians. Foster was there with his son, Brandon, 10, and Bart […]
Sitting around the table with my Marine Corps and Navy brothers after World War II, the Marine said, something like, ‘We serve because our president asked us to.? The Navy brother and this ex-Navy guy agreed. We serve our country with no questions asked. If that’s what our leader needs, we’ll go. For the most […]
Back in 2006 I was excited about the prospects of Detroit Tiger baseball. Not so much about broadcasting commentary. The same is true to day, I believe. See what you think with the ‘beatu? of a column from August 16, 2006. * * * Baseball was my game in my growing-up years. As a freshman […]
That headline is the gist of what an article on Alaska reported in our recent Sunday paper. And, I quote, ‘The summer tourist magnet is planning months of celebration, featuring some of the state’s biggest bashes.? President Dwight Eisenhower signed the legislation making Alaska our 49th state, 50 years ago in June. The promoters in […]
Hazel and I joined a couples golf league at Oxford Hills Golf and Country Club as soon as possible after it opened in 1965. After Hazel passed, daughter Luan filled out our two-some. Couples leagues are more of a social affair than a competive contest. At least it has always been in my case. Get […]
Let’s ramble! First, my monthly bacon report. You didn’t think I forgot how interested you are, did you? This one is Nodine’s Apple Smoked Bacon out of Goshen, Connecticut. After being rotated in a tumbler for hours, after brining and curing, ‘The bacon is then sent over to the smokehouse, where it spends the better […]
Story Number 1 One late afternoon of our many hot days I decided to dangle my legs in our pool, just for kicks. Our 12-year-old grandkids were also in the pool with their dad. They were throwing a basketball at me so it would hit and splashed my face. Ha, ha. Very funny. Enough already, […]
Oxford Parks and Recreation transported a bus load of folks to the Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago White Sox game Sunday, July 22. Friends booked me for that game. Other than my concern for descending steps, I looked forward to going to what Hall of Fame baseball announcer Ernie Harwell called ‘The Old Ballpark.? Between the […]
The most frequently asked, and most boring, question to returned deer hunters is, ‘Did you shoot Bambi?? It’s the put-down of fish and fowl savers and other do-gooders who find their only joy in life is picketing and playing with their Palm Pilot. For 10 years no one has shot ‘Bambi? in our camp. This […]