Okay you out there in Readerland, you may now call me ‘Don, Don, the fashion mon.? Or Don, Fashion Nazi — your call (and sorry for the phonetics up there). But, who woulda thunk when I asked, ‘Moms, Dads you know yoga pants put on display for the entire world to see, the shape and […]
Every once in a while, even a highly skilled, trained and veteran column writer like me thinks, ‘Rut-ro, Raggy. What am I gonna? write about now?? Aside from the easy, Scooby Doo reference, life isn’t a cartoon. Those darned kids aren’t always to blame and things rarely go as scripted like on TV. So, sometimes […]
I went to A Bean To Go in downtown Lake Orion the other morning for a cup of coffee. The coffee is awesome; the atmosphere everything you’d want for a coffee shop — old brick walls, wooden floors, big windows, and lots of space. The owner/roast master Kirk Walker, was his friendly self. Everything was […]
Two weeks ago I did what most columnists do: I opined. I dared to swim against the current. And, in doing so I stirred up some muck and muddied the proverbial pure flowing waters leading to the mecca of civilization, of course the zealots all know that to be Royal Oak, Michigan. I wrote (about […]
Softly, in the background I hear Elton John singing, ‘Can you feel the love tonight .. . .? Zoinks! Who woulda? thunk a little ol? column, by little ol? me about that city to the south (Royal Oak) last week could have caused such a ruckus! But, it did. There were tons of responses, some […]
Okay, I will be up front about this. I’m about to grind a proverbial ax. Your hero (that would be me) is whizzed off and before I explode into a heap of smoldering ash I needed to vent (or whine, your call). Without further eloquence, I will cut to the chase: Don’t spend your money […]
Writing a weekly column is good therapy. It helps keep the old ego sufficiently inflated while at the same time is humbling. As a published columnist, I see my job as writing to engage. I want (and, remember it is all about me) readers to be emotionally engaged. I want them happy, sad or mad […]
A blast from the past is usually fun. I think you like this column, from February 18, 2004. * * * For the past month or so Young Master Sean, our three, but soon to be four-year-old son, has made it his life’s mission to go to Disney World. He wants to head south to […]
I’ve long had this ‘feeling? that somehow, some way, I hold ‘sway? over Old Man Winter. It’s like I have this uncanny power (dare I say super natural?) that affects the winter weather. I know, it’s weird. Right? These ‘powers? didn’t manifest themselves to me until about three or four years ago. I don’t know […]
By Don Rush Each year volunteers for Clarkston’s American Legion Post 63 can be seen at local street crossings and businesses with handfuls of red poppies. They seek donations that in turn are used to help those veterans of the United States Armed Forces in need. Each year, the volunteers are able to trade thousands […]