Shortly after I retired, I shared some retirement ideas with my three children and their spouses. Ruth and I would spend fifteen weeks a year with each one of them. Realizing that fifteen weeks could be a bit overwhelming, I told them that it didn’t have to be fifteen consecutive weeks, but rather, they could …
Author: Robert
Baby Steps
After Ruth’s accident I made a personal vow to take things slowly. I wouldn’t make any big changes for at least a year. I’d seen others make changes too fast that they later regretted. I didn’t want to put anyone through life altering events that we weren’t prepared to handle. Keeping both my Michigan and …
The Tamarack Gallery
During the summer of 2018, when Elizabeth and Sutton began their fifteen-month musical tour, Ruth and I were members of their groupies. We followed them around the State to catch a few of their shows. We took several side trips, especially in northern Michigan, as we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and local attractions. On one …
I Find That Comforting
About a month ago, I drove to a friend, Craig’s, house in Jackson. I planned to arrive between 5:00 and 5:15 so I was very cognizant of the time. I arrived at 5:05. Craig and I had a cocktail before heading out to pick up his dad, my friend, Ed. I was driving and as …
Why We Write
My first real experience with writing was Mr. Miller’s eight grade English class at Clara Barton Junior High. We had to write a piece each week. He gave us the topic, and we did the writing. Later in the week some of us were asked to read our compositions to the class. I was asked …
Two Moons
When Brady and Eva were young, Ruth and I had the opportunity to see them every week. They lived about twenty minutes from us, and we went to see them frequently. Sometimes we picked Brady up from pre-school or kindergarten. I’ll admit, Ruth did it more often than me. We also babysat for them when …
Making Connections
If you’ve ever flown in an airplane, you know that it’s possible to encounter turbulence. The shaking of an airplane at 34,000 feet is troublesome to some. Ruth and I didn’t react to all the moving and shaking that came our way over the years. We had no control, so we let others do their …
349
Tomorrow would have been Ruth and my 52nd wedding anniversary. We fell 349 days short. Since Ruth and I eloped to Las Vegas, we’ve revisited the city dozens of times. A couple of years ago, we decided we’d spend a few days in Vegas each September to celebrate our anniversary. We made it every year …
I Just Knew
I played in a golf tournament last weekend. It was a team event. The players gathered on Saturday evening, August 26, to hold a “draft”. The forty-eight players were organized by handicap. Those with the lowest handicap were the “A” players, the next were “B”, then “C”, and the final dozen were “D” like me. …
Good Morning
When morning arrived for everyone else, I found out we were running later than expected. We wouldn’t arrive until almost nine, an hour and a half late. Gary and I went up to breakfast and sat with a couple from Milwaukee who were going to Sacramento just like the women we shared dinner with. They, …