Being a mom, I pay more attention to the mom jokes like hiding in the bathroom away from children so a favorite candy bar can’t be sniffed out before said mom gets a chance to devour it. I used to laugh at the videos parents posted of tiny hands reaching under the door. I don’t […]
I waited until most of Clarkston’s gridiron heroes had left the field before I made my way up the tunnel at Ford Field last Saturday. As I walked up the ramp to go to the press conference, I ended up surrounded by the players as they high fived each other and hugged each other on […]
Here we are with two months left of 2017 and I was in a group setting when someone asked quite a few questions. One, did you fulfill the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the year? Two, what goals do you have for the rest of 2017? Three, what goals do you […]
It’s Monday and the office is humming with activity as it is deadline and we are getting this week’s edition ready for you. It’s a special Monday as exactly 10 years ago, I arrived at the office for my first day with Sherman Publications. Now thinking about it, I really should have bought cake for […]
A beautiful beginning to fall – leaves are changing colors, Halloween candy and decorations are filling the store shelves and the new season was met with…very warm 80 degree days. It prompted me to sing: nn the first day of fall, Mother Nature gave to me, a sunny, warm ride to Clarkston’s football game in […]
You may or may not have gone to a Clarkston home football game. This is what happens at a home football game – the community fills the stands to cheer on their football team, their cheerleading team, their dance team and their marching band. The excitement can be felt from the stands starting from the […]
Each day is a new adventure with a 20-month-old son who is no longer an infant and just beginning the toddler stage. JD’s latest adventure takes him to the Detroit Zoo. On the sunny, warm Tuesday he walked up to the glass for the first stop and peered closely at the penguins, watching them waddle […]
Every parent has hopes and wishes for their children. My hope was for my 19-month-old son to enjoy books and we didn’t have to wait long to find out he does enjoy books. He has piles of books in a storage bin in his bedroom, more in his closet and in his play area. He […]
The magical world of Harry Potter and Hogwarts is on my mind as I type this week’s column as it is the day Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone printed for the first time on June 26, 1997. Here in America we would come to know it as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and […]
It was inspiring to attend the 32nd Clarkston Community Awards a few weeks ago with the people who were honored as well as why they were honored. A few of the honorees, I knew from covering things throughout the community over the last nine years, like Addison Gale, a Clarkston High School student who pops […]