Editor’s Note: Mr. Sherman was away trout fishing last week, so that left him no time to pen a new column. So, we’re runing this oldie, but a goodie from May 2006. Enjoy. Harvey Korman is 79. Tim Conway is 72. Ninety percent of the people who came to see them at the Soaring Eagle […]
Not being a fan of the current, and hopefully temporary occupier of the White House, do not expect support of any of his programs in this space. I do think it was nice of him, when he landed in Columbia for a meeting with Central American countries, to tell us he was there to check […]
I don’t remember what television news program I watched most in the past half century, but it wasn’t 60 Minutes and Mike Wallace. Reading about his passing this week makes me a little sorry I missed his interviews. If he was as prepared and thorough as his obituaries read, he must have been great at […]
Court rulings, our governments actions and inactions and judicial interpretation are giving further cause to wonder if out grandchildrens? futures are at stake. Oh, sure, our predecessors had the same thoughts going through depressions, world wars and plague threats. But, at least they had a belief in out Constitution and a belief our Supreme Court […]
I’m sure Webster would define thrift, cheap, saving, frugal and being economical each differently, but to me they are very similar. I’m not recommending everyone go through a depression like that of the 1930s, but it was necessary to put those adjectives into use. Hard times bring out the savings habit. Wasting food was not […]
Editor’s Note: Mr. Sherman is taking a break this week, so enjoy this ‘Best of Jottings? column from March 22, 2006. If you were a reader of Jottings last October 5 you may recall the boasting of the art form known, at least by some, as ‘yard art.? Therein was a picture of my antique […]
I swear I came out of my mother’s womb swinging a golf club, and I’ve been working on that swing every since. (It’s a writers privilege to exaggerate to make a point.) The point being that I was born into golf. My daddy helped build a golf course in Kalamazoo in the early 20s. My […]
? Boys with 3 or 4 older sisters learn to dance way before boys with no siblings. The talent comes easily when waiting outside the bathroom door. I have to give Bob Hope credit for that one. ? In one of his too-many talks to the nation, President Obama said four million new jobs have […]
My most watched shows on television are ‘The Mentalist,? ‘NCIS,? ‘The Closer? and ‘Blue Blood.? My DVR is programmed to record them. They came to mind recently when I found myself searching for the background of a recently recommended orthopedic surgeon. Last October I first noticed my left forearm hurt when it touched the arm […]
My two-years older sister, Barbara, taught me to dance when I was about 15. We lived in Morrice, a town of about 450 people, 14 miles south of Owosso — the biggest town in Shiawassee County, with 14,000 residents. There were just four boys in our class of nine. I don’t think any of them […]