There are times in life when we feel there is nothing for which to give thanks. Deaths and tragedies cancel good thoughts. Then you see a baby look at you and smile. And you melt. A cold or illness saps your strength, then you see a beautiful sunset. There are times in life when happier […]
The person who invented fitted sheets never refolded one after a wash. Or, that inventor was a sadist, had a bad marriage, hated the world or had a weird sense of humor. Last week I had to launder the fitted sheets used in our deer camp. What? You didn’t really expect we hunters to use […]
Last year I hired a window washer. When he was finished he asked if I knew our house needed a paint job. I hired a painter. When he was finished he asked if I knew we needed a new roof. When the roofer was finished he asked if I knew we needed a new roof […]
After Christmas break, the teacher asked her third-grade class to write a composition on their holiday. One little boy wrote as follows: We always spend Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live here in a big brick house, but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Florida. They live in a place with […]
Merry Christmas! Once again I’d like to share the warmth of the season with all of you. Those two boys on the right have a little more warming up to the season than the rest of us. With me are my grandchildren, from the left (standing) Karen Offer, Savannah, twins Haley and Trevor Speed and […]
I realize this may upset our children, grandchildren or others who thought they were giving me the world’s greatest Christmas gift, but daughter Susan really did give me the world’s greatest gift. It’s a membership in the Bacon of the Month Club. Imagine knowing each month, for 12 months, you’re assured of getting a package […]
We all have quirks, routines and/or habits others find foolish, unreasonable and/or mysterious. My Sunday morning reasons for arising are likely to raise some eyebrows. Many times my first thought on waking is to read the morning Freep or Detroit News. Of course, now they are one and the same . . . Free Press […]
‘Mean? Mary Jean, the tour scheduling genius of Oxford Parks and Recreation, got tickets for a half hundred of us to see Jeff Foxworthy at the Fox Theater in Detroit recently. You know Foxworthy, he of ‘You might be a Redneck if? fame? He’s been on stages around the world for 20 years, but it […]
I was invited to party a few weeks before Christmas where everyone was to bring a gift. The gift couldn’t cost more than $15 and it had to be bisexual. The Inviter apparently heard the bewilderment in my voice, because she said, ‘Something like maybe a disc.? I considered the possibilities, but the disc offering […]
It’s hard to believe it’s been three weeks since I wrote about bacon. I know! I know! You’ve been anxious to read more, both you readers have called. Actually, I had kind of put bacon on the back burner, so to speak. Then I heard Tompall Glaser singing, ‘Put another log on the fire,? which […]