The summer of 2020 has been challenging for everyone. We’ve been asked to mask up, wash rinse and repeat, stand six feet apart, and stay home. Ruth and I have followed the directions as prescribed but still managed to keep life interesting. In June we explored homes in Holland and Saugatuck because two of our …
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Hogan, Hagen, and Proben
I play golf every Wednesday morning in a two man “senior” scramble at the The Grande in Jackson. You must be at least sixty years old to participate. I started playing right after I retired. I’ve had two partners for the past baker’s dozen years. Early on my partner and I placed “in the money” …
You Can’t Take It Personally
I worked in public education for forty years. The longer I worked, the less I knew. Knowing what you don’t know may be the most important thing to know. Public education is a challenging career. You deal with the two things that matter most to parents, their children and their money. Everyone has been to …
One Monday
I got up at 5:30 on Monday morning a couple of weeks ago so I could drive to visit my favorite family of four. While I knew David would be busily involved with his staff’s first day of school, I had a golf date with Brady and the opportunity to observe my equestrian granddaughter, Eva, …
Reflections
If you live somewhere long enough you garner thousands of memories. When we bought our home on Lake LeAnn I thought it was perfect. We were going to live on a lake and have not one, but two, fireplaces. We had arrived. Here are a few reflections from our time here. We have experienced sorrow. …
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About five years ago we placed our house on Grand Point Drive up “for sale by owner”. We had purchased a condo just outside Traverse City and considered moving to the Grand Traverse Resort Community. We remodeled a third story walk-up that proved to be too much climbing for me. I had recently completed knee …
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Friday will mark Ruth and my 49th wedding anniversary. I think we both believe that our 49th year has been one of the most unusual. The coronavirus, all the “matters”, peaceful and destructive protests, and an extremely contentious national election have dominated the news. I’m longing for the national unrest to settle and hoping that …
A Monumental Visit
Ruth and I are in route to Mount Rushmore. We’ve never been and decided to take advantage of the $12.50 one-way fare on Frontier Airlines. We had originally planned to attend Brady’s football game in northern Michigan this week-end and then make the drive west, but the cancellation of high school football in Michigan changed …
USPS
I’m not sure where you stand regarding the current status of the United States Postal Service. As the Feds deal with the current funding issues for the USPS, some have promoted the concept of mass mail-in ballots for the November election. Without getting involved in the politics of the current situation, I believe service should …
First Days
My first day as a teacher took place fifty-one years ago. My first as an elementary school principal was forty-three, and I started my superintendent gig twenty-nine years ago. All were memorable, but I expect none will be as memorable as the first day of school for students this year. My first day of teaching …