By Linda La Croix A few years ago, I held a Veteran’s Walk after church. One of our veteran members was very happy that we would do something special for veterans. He encouraged me to watch for the right person to lead something where veterans could come into the church and have the opportunity to […]
Recently, the world as we knew it changed when the leaders of North and South Korea met in peace. Not only was there an exchange of a handshake and a smile, but each stepped across the border onto the land of the other country. There was an amazing and peaceful energy which surrounded the two […]
On Sunday, Feb. 18 at 3 p.m. you are invited to enjoy a “gift from the heart” with a great group of men called; The Gentlemen Songsters who with their director Peggy Barry-Bartz will provide a benefit concert. The concert is hosted by Unity of Lake Orion and all proceeds collected from our “love donation” […]
Another Father’s Day has come and gone. Big whoop, right? If your dad is alive you give him a call, send a card or go visit so he can grill up something tasty for the family to eat on Dad’s Day Weekend. Bada-bing, bada-boom. Done and done. Back in the day, when my sons were […]
We are indeed a nation of dissenters. It’s ingrained in our national identity from the earliest days when our forefathers dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest a tax; to telling those who attempt to trample our rights, “Don’t Tread on Me”; to the right to stand at our windows and yell, “I’m mad as […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor I remember my foray into vandalism. It was an exciting time, complete with that sensation of butterflies floating around in my stomach; the appreciation for the rich, vibrant colors emerging on my canvas; and, I must admit, more than a little pride with my own budding creativity. My mom caught […]
8 p.m., Tuesday, January 17: It was an unusually warm and damp night in the sleepy little town I have called home since before the turn of the century. Goodrich is a smallish, quaint village with a downtown lit up at night with about 20 street lights in a block and half of the business […]
Ah, another Michigan winter is upon us, courtesy of Sunday’s storm that left all of us, I’m sure, looking out our windows and feeling like we were part of a Norman Rockwell painting. Most people complain that our state has only two seasons (winter and orange barrel). Perhaps it’s the brown slush, wet feet, skyrocketing […]
When I was young girl, I imagined my adult life as a successful librarian with a husband, a farm house and maybe one or two adopted children — because who doesn’t want to rid the planet of homeless children? Little did my seven-year-old self know that my 23 year-old self would be as far from […]
The aroma of freshly baked pie and Thanksgiving dinner wafting from the kitchen, that new car smell, coffee brewing in the morning (or anytime of the day) – these are some of the scents that people love. For me, it’s been books. I’ve always been an avid reader and I swear that a new book […]