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Moms

I face this Mothers’ Day as a full blown orphan for the first time in 15 years. It’s a situation I thought I’d be facing for the rest of my life after May 17, 1963 the day I found my mom stretched out and dead on the couch when I came home for lunch. MyContinue reading “Moms”

Michigan Man

The setting is Weber’s Inn, Ann Arbor, for the weekly Monday meeting of the UofM Club of Ann Arbor, which since joining several years ago, I’ve called the “geriatric advisory council to the athletic department”. Yes, Kathy and I lowered the average age when we joined several years ago. The Club collects dues, and funds scholarships andContinue reading “Michigan Man”

mirupafshim, kuzhinier Lipar (dhe znj)*

Hope Albena seeing you soon! In looking for a dinner spot to warm up for Lyle Lovett at the Masonic next July 23rd, I thought about that little place that only fed what its 8 bar stools could hold, way in the back of the Hotel Siren across from the Opera House, Albena (1). We’d beenContinue reading “mirupafshim, kuzhinier Lipar (dhe znj)*”

da vinner!

Fans of James Jarmusch’s breakthrough 1984 film “Stranger than Paradise” (1) will recognize Aunt Lotte’s (Cecilia Stark’s) line, uttered as she bests in a game of cards her nephews Eddie and Billy visiting her in Cleveland from NYC. As she triumphantly fans her cards over her tray in her living room, she announces frankly “I amContinue reading “da vinner!”

hi!

Of course, I smoked a lot of dope as an undergrad. I was so eager to join the stoned crowd in Ann Arbor, I took up smoking (Pall Malls) my last summer in Vicksburg – where weed was still scarce-just to get my lungs in shape. I put away those smokes when I arrived in Ann ArborContinue reading “hi!”

let’s play 2!

So, maybe there’s some things you can’t expect an old couple to do, like 16-18 innings as Ernie proposed. The rest of the yes-no are too long and agonizing to bother with, but we can make 2 concerts in one day! As we just did, the first in the highbrow atmosphere of Orchestra Hall (1), doublingContinue reading “let’s play 2!”

DS “d’oh!”

Kathy and I face Friday mornings these days with a face full of free time, so unlike not so long ago, when Fridays made it paramount to getting al least a little work done before the weekend. Every so often we’ll pick up after breakfast and head East to Dee-troit. The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) isContinue reading “DS “d’oh!””

Musings IIa

Yes, this is a shameless plug for an Amazon book, but also created to help readers that book to connect with all that is written. I ended up making 5 books out of blogs I’d posted during the pandemic. Musing through a Pandemic they were. In my haste to get them out in 2021, IContinue reading “Musings IIa”

rustic pie

You know you’re retired when you wake unsure of what you’ll do with the day then deciding to make a “torta rustica” (“rustic pie” in Italian) for breakfast. Neither Kathy nor I had ever heard of the dish when we saw it on the brunch menu of Sauces, Italian bar/restaurant attached to the not bad HiltonContinue reading “rustic pie”

Auntie KC

So you know where it goes: years of NASA immersion, a decade of telling undergrads how to write, it can only come out as Children’s Books! That’s where my sweetie dove, big time, and we’re getting ready to reap the efforts. She’s dabbled in children’s books before, writing 2 that featured her nieces and nephews and theirContinue reading “Auntie KC”