I’ve often wondered how the word ‘politician? got into Webster’s dictionary. Webster was thoughtful enough to leave out other obscene words. Seriously, folks. Have you ever heard the word politician used as a word of praise, kindness or eulogy? Mark Twain and Will Rogers are more often quoted for their uncomplimentary politician comments than their […]
I was raised on a farm. Well, that’s not exactly correct. What my dad did was not exactly ‘farming.? He liked farming, but we never rented more than 40 acres. Dad would till with his Terraplane, or whatever kind of car he owned at the time. And, Dad loved hogs. Big hogs. When we took […]
Following is a reprint of a Jottings I wrote a long time ago. If you remember it, you too, are old. But it’s July, and the heat has slowed my mind. – – – 0 – – – ?. . . The accepted image of mothers to song writers and many of us ordinary folk […]
The rising cost of a gallon of gasoline has wrought opposite reactions to drivers. There are those who drive slower and coast to stops at signs and lights. Then there is the majority of drivers who don’t consider the cost, don’t fear the hereafter and insist on being ahead of whatever and whoever is ahead […]
We’ve all had this done to us. We say something about anything and the listener has a topper. We’ve all probably had the topper, too. That’s ok, if, as in my case the topper is better. For some unknown reason this verse came to mind. I recall reciting it to daughter Susan and her friend […]
I’ve always hated (disliked) articles filled with questions to the point I quit reading them. I figure I got questions, what I need are answers. However, sometimes questions really need to be asked. Like, how come I can remember the Gettysburg Address, Lord’s Prayer, some funny stories, etc., but can’t find my glasses, can’t remember […]
I’ve been wanting to write about our daughter Luan, and her courting by now-husband Bob Offer in 1969. To refresh my memory I re-read a history I wrote of Hazel’s life and my own life story. A couple years after Hazel died in 2001, I wrote down about each of our lives, hers from 1925, […]
Following are bits collected from anywhere but the internet. I not only do not understand why that word is supposed to be capitalized, I stubbornly refuse to enter it. Mostly this stuff comes from the UP Monthly Magazine, formerly the Porcupine Press. – – – 0 – – – ? My mother taught me everything […]
? The worst idea ever for financing education is gambling. But since Lansing’s brightest have adopted it, isn’t it reasonable to put it in the required curriculum with math, science and English? Then use the acronym GEMS (Gambling, English, Math, Science.) ? I bought myself a lift chair. Now my television watching requires me to […]
? It is a veteran, not the reporter who has given us freedom of the press. ? It is the veteran, not the poet who has given us freedom of speech. ? It is the veteran, not the campus organizer who has given us freedom to assemble. ? It is the veteran, not the lawyer […]