Category: Current Events

It’s Ruth’s 74th birthday today.  We get to spend it with our “California kids” and our newest grandson, Jackson James.  On our trip west we lied to the TSA personnel in Orlando.  I overheard one of the agents explain to a customer that travelers 75 and older aren’t required to remove their shoes.  I whispered …

Ruth and I are heading west this morning.  We’re going to see young Jackson James #Jack # JJ #JT.  We’ve been planning this for months, and luckily, the coast is clear and we get to go.  We’ll probably be wheels up by the time most of you read this. We’ve received both doses of the …

It’s been a year since I first watched President Trump and Dr. Fauci speak about the “fifteen days to flattened the coronavirus curve”.    I watched the live briefing every day.  Ten days later they extended the shutdown for another fifteen.  I was about four weeks out from knee replacement surgery, so my out and …

I looked up the definition of “woke” online. This is what I found. Woke means being conscious of racial discrimination in society and other forms of oppression and injustice.  If it also means we need to correct everything some think needs correcting, I’m not woke.  I don’t support the rebranding of  Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix …

Ruth and I have accounts with a few different financial institutions. There are two in Florida and two in Michigan.  We have a personal account, and I have a business account with a Michigan credit union.  I do most of my banking on-line.  I pay my bills, deposit checks remotely, transfer money between accounts and …

I finished the second round of a grueling two day golf tournament on Tuesday.  It was the 2021 Super Senior Championship in The Villages.  It’s the fourth time I’ve had the opportunity, and the third time I teed it up,  in this prestigious event.  It’s held annually for those seventy, and older,  who reside in …

Ruth and I are looking forward to going to California when Magnus Strongbeard is born.  He’s due the end of March.  We need to have the Covid-19 vaccine so we can safely make the trip.  We received our first dose on Monday. We spoke to Michael and Kate over the week-end.  Things are moving forward …

I’ve been involved in education since I was five. I started as a kindergarten student at Royal Oak’s Whittier Elementary, moved through the Royal Oak system, earned a Bachelors Degree from Western Michigan, Masters from Eastern, Specialist from MSU, and worked with several colleges and universities through my “retired” work for the past thirteen years …

Don’t you just hate it when things don’t work as planned?  Life runs more smoothly when they do.  When we arrived in Florida we soon discovered our water softening system didn’t work.  The water here is not as pure as Michigan’s, so we’ve found a whole house water purifier is required.  Once we installed the …

Ruth and I made the trip from Michigan to Florida and arrived safely on Thanksgiving afternoon.  While skipping the traditional turkey dinner with all the trimmings, we opted for two whoppers at Burger King.  They were running a special.  About an hour prior to our departure from our new condo, it started to snow.  I …