I’m among the dullest knives in the drawer, but I didn’t need our electrical supplier to tell me how hot the last 30 days were. I got even hotter when I saw their most recent bill was $90 more than the same period in 2009. Edison explained: ‘Average temperatures for this billing were nine degrees […]
China, 1992: Thriving, smelling, bikes, hiddens Last week Jottings took you to China following (VJ Day) Victory in Japan, 1945. We’ll now spin the hands of time forward to observations of China from my 1992 visit and some from friends who visited in 2000. – – – 0 – – – In 1992, the first […]
There’s so much being written and said about China these days I just had to get into the act. Another prompt was playing golf recently with a couple who were there with GM in 1998-99. Aboard the USS Woodford, we’d been moving around in the Pacific Ocean the late summer of 1945 from Pearl Harbor […]
Will Return Next Week
Hold it! Stop right there! And, as Barney Fife (Don Knotts) used to say as a deputy on Mayberry, RFD, ‘Just a gol darn minute.? There’s something you readers should think about. I ain’t just another pretty face, nor am I just another flatulence. How many people do you know that have been quoted on […]
I can’t count the number of times I’ve been lured into buying stuff without thought. Especially, in grocery sections. I most always shop with a list. Too often I don’t look at it until I’ve got my basket half full. I can ignore the hand-painted sign just inside the door, the frozen food aisle and […]
Because I’ve always rooted for the American League in All-Star and league championship baseball games I’m prejudiced. And I see nothing to be gained by having the leagues play each other during the summer. The Pittsburgh Pirates were in Comerica Park recently to play the Detroit Tigers. Some friends bought tickets to see the Tigers […]
Because I’ve always rooted for the American League in All-Star and league championship baseball games, I’m prejudiced. And I see nothing to be gained by having the leagues play each other during the summer. The Pittsburgh Pirates were in Comerica Park recently to play the Detroit Tigers. Some friends bought tickets to see the Tigers […]
The first year Hazel and I were married, she worked as a clerk in an Owosso factory. I commuted to East Lansing to college. With no school homework, I had lots more idle time than Hazel. I took up doing (what, in my youth, was considered) woman’s work around the house. You know — cooking, […]
Talking head, after talking head teases listeners by hinting at a colossal story, then saying, ‘You don’t want to miss this!? Often the story is a dud, but I stay tuned. I hope my lead-in headline doesn’t disappoint. But first, before the professional basketball teams take a break, I’d like to tell you what impression […]