It’s Christmas time. Joy to the world. Hip, hip Hooray! Let there be light. Not just any light. Christmas lights. Everywhere. This is my time of year. I like the shopping (spending). I like the giving. I like the partying. I like it to be snowing, and I try to smile through the entire season. […]
Vet goes lite on Shayna’s eating routine No dog we’ve ever owned heard us say ‘kennel? when we referred to a dropping off point when we were leaving town for a while. Such places were called ‘hotel,? ‘motel? or ‘inn? so-as to give them a feeling of class, security, love and respect. All our dropped-off […]
This is being written a week before Thanksgiving, but you likely won’t see it till after. Hopefully all of us remember all the things we have to be thankful for and rejoice. Our day will be begin about 8 a.m. with Luan and I toasting each other with Bloody Marys then cutting dressing ingredients — […]
The Old Farmer’s Almanac rhymes the weather this way: ‘Bright and still, raindrops fill the lakes, then turn to flakes. ‘Streams are hardly flowing, their pulses slowing: Again it’s snowing. ‘But, just before it freezes up, it eases up.? Ah, November! All Saints? and All Souls? Days, Sadie Hawkins Day were just before the elections, […]
Don’t you hate to read about a study coming out of any university that draws a very obvious conclusion? So obvious one can only wonder why a professor would undertake such a study? First the conclusion of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign study: ‘Fat people use more gasoline.? Isn’t that profound? For decades automobile […]
Don’t you just hate it when your morning routine is interrupted? And, I’m not referring to your bath. I arise around 6 a.m., let the dog out, start the coffee brewing, throw on a robe and go get my Detroit News. I come in and pour a cup of coffee with International brand French Vanilla […]
Nothing has excited, thrilled and animated our State like the Detroit Tigers winning the American League baseball title. Their domination of the news is absolutely wonderful. What war? What political campaign? What layoffs and buy-outs, housing slowdowns, work stoppages, orange barrels and illegal immigrants? They’re gone from news leads. The newspaper headlines wouldn’t be bigger […]
Like: Why do old maids wear silk gloves? Because they don’t like kids. A friend loaned me one of Thos W. Jackson’s 14 ‘humorous? books. All were copyrighted before 1908. Today some stand-uppers rely on dirty words to get laughs. Four letter words and innuendo comments stir some audiences to at least snicker. Well, this […]
Bill Patterson needed to hear your name only once to be able to remember it a lifetime. He had a knack for learning names. Asked if he’d had a memory training course and he’d say, ‘No, ever since I was a kid I could remember names.? He’d not only recite that person’s name, but their […]
In June, Jottings carried the story of cougar attacks on Richard McGuire’s cattle in Alcona County. We reported one of their pregnant cows being torn up by a cougar, which also bit off said cow’s tail. Last month I interviewed another cattle herd owner in that general area. He’s had seven cows attacked by cougars. […]