Con jobs had to have been practiced before Mark Twain wrote his book about Tom Sawyer getting his friends to do his painting. Else, how would the writer have come up with the idea. We can assume such conning is being practiced in nearly every home, by him, her or their children. Recently I was […]
Dad was a soldier in WWI. My brothers went into WWII ahead of me, one in the Marines, the other Navy. So, before I became of draft age Mother let me join the Navy. Things I was asked to do by mom, dad, coaches and teachers, never seemed as demanding, even as threatening as orders […]
Daughter-in-law Linda saw some young lads playing basketball. They were pre-teenager children of friends. She muscled her way onto their court, lunged for the ball, tripped and fell forehead-first on the concrete. This was four weeks ago. Her left eye is still a mixture of mostly purple with some yellowish and reddish colors mixed in. […]
Few things rile me more, and more often, than the ‘pork barreling? that goes on in Washington. Senators ask for and get bridges and roads to nowhere, airfields where there are no need for planes, subsidies for everything grown, etc. Whatever lobbyist wants, lobbyist gets. It’s a lot like Lola. You know! ‘Whatever Lola wants, […]
Bob: Hear that buzzing? Me: There is no buzzing! The Sunday before Labor Day I played in an all day golf. Knowing this, daughter Luan and her husband Bob Offer decided to use my home as a campground, picnic area and all-around place to raise cain (leaving their own home tidy and clean). They used […]
Memorial Day is our American Day. Our day to remember, pay tribute, honor and salute those who have raised us, helped us, fought and died for us. Small towns like ours seem especially earnest and willing to participate in this observance. I haven’t missed many Memorial Day dedications, speeches, and parades in my many years […]
With the temperatures dropping and the snow birds flying south, I thought I’d review Mother Nature’s prognosticators . . . the woolly bear caterpillar, the beaver, the goose and the muskrat. Don’t scoff! The people on the tube, airways and print can’t be totally trusted either. Maybe you should just read on and make notes. […]
Former Detroit Mayoral Chief of Staff, Christine Beatty was ordered to wear a tether by a magistrate. Her attorney, Mayer Marganroth, in defending her, asked the camera, ‘How is she going to explain that to her two little girls at home?? My question is, ‘How did she explain the text messages to her two daughters?? […]
In France last week, voters put the socialist party into leadership. The new president Hollande said to stimulate the economy he’ll hire more people to work for the government and spend more money. Thus more government ownership. That’s socialism. Our current government’s leadership is doing the same thing: enlarging government payrolls, spending more than it […]
Trout season in Michigan opened Saturday, April 28 in the UP, and I was there. In my 50 years of opening trout seasons, only one other matched this one. All four of us caught our limits. All four of us included Tim Davidson, Bob Offer and son Jim, remained modest, un-boastful, humble, and, er, ah? […]