Category: Current Events

My Singles New Beginnings class is taking the next few weeks to talk about friends and friendships.  I led Wednesday’s class and during our discussion I spoke briefly about the neighborhood I grew up in. Everyone knew everyone. The kids all played together, went to the same school and hung out in the park at …

When I first started writing this blog, I imagined it might become a place where readers could not only follow my stories but maybe share a few of their own. I pictured a place where people could talk about the moments that shaped them, the lessons they learned and the memories they still carry. I …

I’m not a mathematician and I don’t believe in coincidence.  Things happen for a reason.  Some are unexplainable. Most are undeniable. When I asked my artificial intelligence friend, Al, to compute the odds of my Vegas boys and me running into the same stranger on two consecutive days in Las Vegas tiki bars, he asked …

I’ve never been much of a bar guy. I visited a few in college, but I was a single hop man most of the time. One and done and then not very often. The only times I went for a drink in Vegas was with some friends, John and Karen. The Sands had a bar …

While I’m deciding what stays in Michigan and what goes to Florida, I’ve had to make some difficult choices. Barbara mentioned “curating” things. In case you’re not familiar with the term, this is what google says. To curate something means to carefully select, organize, and present items in a way that creates a desired effect. …

Shortly after Ruth’s accident, I established the Tebo Family Scholarship Fund. She and I had talked about creating it just a few weeks earlier. We considered supporting students from four different school districts: Plainwell, where she grew up and we met; Addison, where we raised our three children and lived for forty-three years; Adrian, where …

I missed having you and your sister at Wednesday’s class. I know you were busy packing to head back to Pennsylvania, but it would’ve been nice to connect one more time before you left. We had a combined group again, with Barbara leading the first hour and me taking the second. There were twenty-six attendees, …

I went to a celebration last Wednesday.  It was a part of my weekly Singles New Beginnings class.  The group was originally formed a few years ago as a book study for women looking to start a new life.  They’d either lost, or never had, a male in their life and were seeking a new …

If you’ve been reading my blog, you know I’ve taken several classes this winter. Three weeks ago, I signed up for what I thought was a plant‑based cooking class. I showed up for the first session ready to learn something new. Instead, I walked out disappointed. Last spring, after receiving two heart stents during a …

Every blog has a beginning, though most of us don’t know how long that run will be when we write that first post. Over eight years ago, I hit “publish” without knowing where any of this would lead. I just knew I had something to say, and this felt like the right place to say …