Category: Current Events

Last Wednesday evening I spoke with Elizabeth on the phone.  She had lots to share.  Sutton has a new album with a big rollout planned in September, they’re going to Greece and Italy for Sutton’s birthday next month, they have extensive plans for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but perhaps the most exciting news is her new …

I met Roger Dixon while teaching for the Plainwell Community Schools. I started in the fall of 1969.  Roger taught in the high school, and I taught in the middle school.  His wife, Carolyn, taught with Ruth and me.  I don’t think we were together for more than a year, or two, when Roger took …

This is my eight-hundredth story. I knew I had a few dozen in me when I started but didn’t contemplate writing eight hundred.  I’ve made some profound life statements as I celebrated each centennial.  If you’ve been following me from the beginning, you’ve read them all.  I included 500 Chunks in the book I published. …

I took a friend, Barbara, to the Grand Rapids Airport on Thursday for a trip to Chicago. The stop was on my way to Jackson to play poker with the poker group I’ve been a part of for going on forty-eight years.  I’d driven to the airport a dozen times since moving into my Tullymore …

I started a plant-based diet a few weeks ago. I’m eating this way for health reasons. I began a Mediterranean diet around Christmas in order to live a healthier lifestyle. I ate chicken and fish, fresh vegetables and fruits, eggs, a limited amount of bread, and several dairy products. You know, all sorts of cheeses. …

I’ll be 78 tomorrow. My name was going to be Danny Lee until it came time to sign the birth certificate. Danny, not Daniel. I’m happy that my mom changed her mind. When I use Robert, I see it as being more formal. I used it when I attended important meetings while I was working …

I don’t wish to sound dramatic, but I’ve recently had some health issues. I think the big stuff is behind me.  I went in for a cardiac catheterization a week ago and they put two stents in my system.  This whole experience started about six weeks ago.  I was feeling short of breath, got lightheaded …

In the fall of 1994, a new high school senior wanted to speak with me.  Her parents were divorced, and she had lived with her mom.  For reasons    unknown to me, that changed her senior year.  She moved in with her dad and stepmom.  Her grandfather was a businessman in town and well connected …

I was going to call this post Invincible but apparently I’m not so I’m going with Bill and Me.  It’s about my current events. This winter after I completed my audiobook, I decided to record some audio stories to post on my website.  I couldn’t just pull stories from my book because the publisher won’t …

I wrote this a year ago.  It popped up today and I can’t move it, so here’s a second look.   The Villages, Florida promotes itself as Florida’s Friendliest Hometown. Ruth and I bought our first home here in 2004. It was a patio villa that we owned for eighteen months. We bought a ranch …