The first time I met Donna Jarrett she was sorting teaching supplies in the cafeteria of the Wayne Gray Elementary School in Addison, Michigan. That was August of 1977. I was the new principal of the elementary school and she was my secretary. I had never had a secretary before, and I was looking forward …
Author: Robert
The Hippies Are Back
My hippie daughter, her hippie husband, and their hippie dog are back with Ruth and me in Michigan. To be fair, they arrived before we did. They came back in early April. Ruth and I arrived on May 2nd. Prior to returning to Michigan I received the following information from the hippie clan. April 7th …
Cuba
“Cuba has had a democratic centralist political system embodied in the “one state – one party” principle since 1959. Constitutionally, Cuba is a socialist country ruled by the dictates of Marxism. The Communist Party of Cuba is the leading force both at the society level and in the state. The government has three branches as …
150
This is my 150th post. I started because I wanted to share the news of my friend, Ed’s, 100th birthday. That was in November of 2017. Ed is 101 going on 102. Since then I’ve written about a multitude of things: family, friends, life, death, hopes, dreams, and fears. I hope that you’ve been …
Because I Can
Last spring I returned to Michigan before Ruth. I had work to do and she wanted to continue her play time in Florida. This year I’ve stayed a couple of weeks longer. During one of the first few days of my return last year, I drove to the Hamilton area to watch my two …
Unmasters – The Players
I’m not a fan of Tiger Woods, but his win in the most recent Masters is a great story. It’s quite an accomplishment for a forty-three year old man who hasn’t won a major in eleven years. The players in the Unmasters may not hit the ball as far, putt as well, or score …
Unmasters – Moments
The Unmasters featured some incredible golfers. Some played well – others poorly. Over twenty-five years dozens of different men engaged in the competition. We all brought our families or significant others. Some joined us for a year and never returned. Others played year after year. Rick “Rowdy” Lane founded the Unmasters. JB and I played …
Unmasters – The Trips
Ruth and I traveled to our first Unmasters in 1979. We had three children, David (four), Elizabeth (2), and Michael (nine months). We took David with us, left Michael with Ruth’s parents, and Elizabeth split the week between our friends, the Klumps and the Figels. We didn’t believe that a two-year old and a nine …
The Unmasters
The PGA has several golf tournaments that are enjoyed by the viewing public. People from all walks of life, both golfers and non-golfers, sit in front of their television sets rooting for their favorite golfer, most of whom they will never meet. They blindly hang on every swing, hoping that their favorite player will …
Miniature Golf
I played miniature golf with Ruth, David, Lindsay, Brady and Eva last Saturday. We were in Myrtle Beach for a few days and decided to go “old school”. We have played a lot of miniature golf in Myrtle Beach over the years. David first made the trip to MB when he was three years old. …