Dear wife Jennie startled me a week or so ago with this revelation, ‘By the time the boys are done riding the bus, I will have spent something like 21 days of my life, waiting for the bus.? Jennie calculated both Shamus and Sean would ride the bus up until the 11th grade. Yikes. That’s […]
Okay, call me kooky, but, now that we have ‘fallen? back, what does that mean? Where have we fallen from? From what perch on high did we descend? Are we in Daylight Saving Time now, or was that before? How do you save time? Do you put it in a hour glass and shove it […]
I have to come clean. I need to purge my soul. Get things straight with The man upstairs. Uhmm . . . I have been immersed in a summer-long affair. Yep, it’s true. But, what you don’t know is that dear wife Jennie — always a gamer — was involved, too. I know, I know […]
Two years worth of preparations and hard work have culminated, and Brandon Township resident Nathan Hunter, couldn’t be happier. His foray into entrepreneurship, Positive Vibration Wine Bar, is now open. Located in Orion Township, Positive Vibration boasts a warm and inviting atmosphere, complete with low lighting, dark brown leather chairs and couches for lounging. There […]
When I was a wee bit younger than I am now, I used to shake my head with sadness or shake my fists in anger — I used to get upset at the sheer volume of signs screwing up our roadsides. When I was too young to drive, back before seat belts were mandatory and […]
There was a time when the term, ‘power of the press? meant something. It meant, we in the media could sit in our ivory towers, pick presidents, national causes — live as the power brokers we always dreamt we would be, but couldn’t afford. Reporter types throughout the years have come into the world without […]
Last week I got some great news. News that had me whistling happy tunes, snapping my fingers and tapping my toes. I had a stye in my eye — left to be exact. That’s it. That is my happy news. I went to the urgent care center in Oxford, sat down on the table-bed thing […]
As I sit here at the home computer, images of my family, Jennie, Shamus and Sean flash across my monitor’s screen. Those I love. And, I think about them when I think of worldwide events. I wish the world was a better place — a place where folks ain’t out to destroy other folks just […]
Ahh. The nights are getting cooler. The greenery of majestic trees is getting a splattering of brilliant reds, oranges and yellows. Heck, our school’s gridiron heroes are tearing up the field. It’s almost fall. And, you know what that means. Yep, as the days grow shorter and colder, it is time man starts thinking about […]
Okay, all you wussies — how many of you actually lounged on Labor Day? I know lounging wasn’t in my plans. So, now the 3-day weekend is over. It’s 6 a.m., I am in the office. I am tired. But, while I was still fresh and laboring this past Labor Day, I thought about an […]