friends and family – Bob Ike’s blog

fellowship

They called ‘em “fellowship groups”. We were encouraged to join one shortly after we became members of the Ann Arbor Christian Reformed Church (AACRC) in 2006. Small groups of parishioners met regularly in one another’s homes to share each other’s company while discussing a biblical topic in some depth. Bill, Marilyn, Tom, Claudia, Larry, Ruth,Continue reading “fellowship”

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‘burg report

I went to basketball homecoming Friday night so you didn’t have to. Let me say, the ‘burg has changed, but maybe only a little. The game was an excuse for one of those AA-KZO Amtrak trips Kathy and I like so much, staying at an AirBnB right downtown overlooking Bronson Park and the lights ofContinue reading “‘burg report”

Merry Christmas

I’ve always enjoyed those newsletters some send for Christmas. This year, I decided to create my own. 2021 I’ve always enjoyed receiving these Christmas letters from those who bother to write them. So this year I’m trying my hand at it, seeing if I can bore you silly with recountings of some of the anticsContinue reading “Merry Christmas”

batch

The Vicksburg High School class of 1970 was to have held its 50th reunion July 17 at Indian Run Golf Course. Mr. Corona said no. My own sweetheart had been having a rollicking good time with her Western Reserve Academy class of ’76 on Zoom, so I sought to attain the same with us. TakingContinue reading “batch”

happy 90th, Cap’n!

I heard on WCRJ this morning that today was William Shatner’s birthday, getting it wrong by two days. Must have been a time warp. He was born 3/22/31 in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a Conservative Jewish household. Betcha didn’t know he was Jewish. So, yep, Captain Kirk has turned 90. How about that! He still looksContinue reading “happy 90th, Cap’n!”

hey, Tim

Tim may be my farthest flung Vicksburg friend. After high school, he spent some time in Tulsa at aircraft mechanics school, took a job in Shreveport, briefly came back to Michigan to ponder his options, then on the day after Christmas ’74 pointed his pickup west for the 3500 mile journey to Alaska to makeContinue reading “hey, Tim”

nurse!

I missed Valentine’s Day and couldn’t even get it together for his birthday 11 days later. But my friend finally got his gift last Wednesday. It was something I knew he needed to hear ever since I met his new girlfriend Paula several years ago. The recipient would be Ott, named Terry by his parentsContinue reading “nurse!”

fam

Donna asked that I fill in the blank with my family (ies) so she could keep things straight. Like Paul sang in “She came in through the bathroom window” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVv7IzEVf3M “oh, look out!” So we need to start with the family I grew up with. I’ve been unable to unearth the photobooks of mine from those times,Continue reading “fam”