An epic tale, full of bravery, loyalty and betrayal from the days of yore in Christendom has been brought to life only a few miles from here. A stone’s throw over the county-line in Lapeer, author Michael P. Spradlin has created a wonderful yarn for young readers to get lost in — The Youngest Templar […]
Historically speaking, this is the time of year, the one day of 365, we set aside to be thankful for graces bestowed. And, it is no secret it will be harder for some to be thankful this year. There has been loss of love; much financial calamity; emotional pain; too much suffering — and, I’m […]
Gosh, what a bummer of a football weekend we had last week. On Sunday, our ‘professional? football team, the Detroit Lions lost. (I know, what’s new?) On Saturday, not only did our Maize and Blue gridiron heroes puke out, but so did their little brothers up in Spartyland. Not only that, our only unbeaten ‘big? […]
Read — with interest — new US Senate verbiage about nationalized health care. What I found interesting was, as it was written, only “large” employers will get penalized for not offering health care to all its employees. The next paragraph explained what a “large employer” is. A large employer, by the way, is not big […]
Gosh, what a bummer of a football weekend we had last week. On Sunday, our ‘professional? football team, the Detroit Lions lost. (I know, what’s new?) On Saturday, not only did our Maize and Blue gridiron heroes puke out, but so did their little brothers up in Spartyland. Not only that, our only unbeaten ‘big? […]
Yeah, I know, I know. Don, you said you’d write more . . . you are saying. And, you’re correct, I did say something like that. But (here comes the excuse), I am working on stuff at work, other than writing. One thing is this website. I gotta? get it more modern. I have added […]
When I was a wee bit younger than I am now, I used to shake my head with sadness or shake my fists in anger — I used to get upset at the sheer volume of signs screwing up our roadsides. When I was too young to drive, back before seat belts were mandatory and […]
Last year I was full of conspiracy theories. That was before the presidential election. Now, a changed man in a changed land, I know there are no conspiracies lurking behind every hunk of marble in Washington, DC. That said, here was my favorite conspiracy from 2008. * * * At first I didn’t see any […]
So, not too long ago — maybe a month ago — there I was sitting across from her at the Blue Ox in Lake Orion. Red hair, freckles, glasses. She’s rather short, but I didn’t fake dropping something under the table to see if her feet touched the floor whilst sitting in a chair. In […]
Maybe three-day weekends are not a good thing. Maybe during so time off a person’s mind can wander where it shouldn’t. Here are some of the things I thought about during the Labor Day weekend. (And I didn’t think about war in Iraq, Michigan unemployment, nor home foreclosures and high gas prices — but, maybe […]