When I left behind my hippie-wannabe pseudo-intellectual ways as I left Ann Arbor for the first time, I also left behind my taste for foreign movies (called “international” these days). It was the mid-70s and Hollywood was still in its heyday, with Star Wars, Bonnie and Clyde, Flashdance, Carrie, Alien, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, The Exorcist, FrenchContinue reading “Mads”
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High, Semi-dry, January
I never managed to make sweet, willowy, athletic Denise my girlfriend. We went our separate ways after graduation, she snaring Kevin – a U-M educated lawyer and all-around good guy – while I lucked into Kathy. My reacquaintance with old ‘burg friends included Kevin and Denise, now a dear friend once again. It was from Denise that IContinue reading “High, Semi-dry, January”
NAC me up Joe
“I feel bad for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.” — Frank Sinatra “I’m not saying everyone should drink, it just worked for me” – Jackie Gleason “Alcohol doesn’t solve any problems, neither does milk”. unknown origin, but it had its ownContinue reading “NAC me up Joe”
All Souls
My dear Catholic friend Angie reminded me this morning that in her Church, today is All Souls’ Day, conclusion of the spiritual triumvirate they’ve made out of this cross-quarter day (halfway between autumn equinox and winter solstice) Samhain: All Hallows Eve (which we heathens know as Halloween), All Saints’ Day, and All Souls Day. The firstContinue reading “All Souls”
mancave upgrade!
Timing is everything. At my first stab at this blog, I thought I had the greatest lead-in: “Should an older man on the eve of his 39th wedding anniversary be spending time waxing over his mancave?” There’s no relation between the two dates, only that some improvements in my mancave have finally settled in. Our anniversary and that footballContinue reading “mancave upgrade!”
dilly dilly!
No, I’m not tapping into Bud Light’s silly theme of a few years ago (1). A few weeks back, when the notion to write this just started, Mother Nature was easing along into the Michigan growing season. A trip to the Farmers’ Market found mostly prepared products but very little actual fresh produce. Michigan moves slowly, even in June,Continue reading “dilly dilly!”
LITO!
Late Sunday we landed in Detroit Metro to conclude our second California trip in a little over a month. Hard to say when our pull to the Golden State began. My dad took me to San Francisco in 1964 to watch Barry Goldwater get nominated, and this 11-year-old was fascinated by the cable cars, architecture, terrain, Fisherman’sContinue reading “LITO!”
mancave! and so clean!!
I started earning a regular paycheck in 1979 and have lived 5 places since then. At no point did I have a proper mancave till now. I had to exude toxic masculinity and smoke cigars all over the house. Since I have an understanding wife, a pretty big house, and don’t really smoke cigars anymore, there were noContinue reading “mancave! and so clean!!”
milk, milk, lemonade…
Now all of you who just completed that phrase, raise your naughty little hands! No, this isn’t a treatise on childhood snigger porn – good one for later – but results of my cost analysis of making that classic summer refresher. My motivation was my rediscovery of the Arnold Palmer drink as part of my continuingContinue reading “milk, milk, lemonade…”
head, heart
I spent a little time last week in the village where I was a teen, Vicksburg. The occasion was the awards ceremony for the Southwest Michigan Tournament of Writers. I’d received dispensation the year before from the director to enter, even though I was not a local. The stipulation was that I confine my writings to Vicksburg. I did,Continue reading “head, heart”
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