My parents used to take my two sisters and me to Bowling Green, Kentucky to visit “Old Granny Barner”. She was my grandfather’s mother but we knew her as “Old Granny Barner”. We traveled most of the way on US – 31 which was the main highway heading south towards Bowling Green prior to …
Category: Family
For Eva and Brady
Happy Birthday Eva My entire blog is for Eva and Brady. I know that they have read a couple of entries over the past ten months but most are read by others. I want my grandchildren to know about the people who have touched my life, and by default, touched theirs. It’s a way of …
Between Second and Third Hour
Twenty-one years ago this fall I had a conversation with a Britton- Macon parent that is stuck in my memory. Our discussion began when the bell rang at the beginning of second hour and ended when it rang again at the start of third. We stood in the hallway and just talked. Brenda was …
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I don’t remember how old I was when I went to my Aunt Dutch and Uncle Elmer’s twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, but I remember that it was held outside in their yard. They got lots of silver dishes, cards, some money, and one Barbie like doll dressed in dollar bills. I remember thinking that twenty-five years …
Two Trips to Vegas
My dad was a card player. He liked to play all sorts of games. He, like me, had just one rule. “Tell me the rules before we start.” He played euchre, 500, gin, pinochle, double-deck pinochle and tonk, but most of all he liked poker and blackjack. His favorite place to play blackjack was Las …
James A. Marvin
I met Jim Marvin about 30 years ago at a poker game. I was invited to sub with a group that he belonged to. I liked him right away. Eventually, I became a member of the group and while playing several hundred hands of cards we became good friends. The group took turns hosting …
Sealed Bids
When my sister, Sharron, and I were very young, Mom often took us to Detroit on the train for a Friday fish fry dinner. We boarded the train in Royal Oak and got off at the Michigan Central Station in Detroit. It was a short ride and we made it about once a …
Finding Kate
David and Michael dated several girls in high school, college, and early in their work careers. I liked them all but one. Michael dated one girl for a brief time that I found unusual. I don’t remember her name but she was focused on Michael. Fortunately, the focus wasn’t mutual and the relationship …
Lindsay With An “a”
The first time that I met Lindsay she served Ruth and me at the Beach Bar in Clark Lake, MI during the late spring of 2001. The moment that I saw her I thought of my son, David. She had a “look” that I knew he would like. You know the look. …
My Three Wise Men
In 1995 I gave a journal to each of my parents as a Christmas gift and asked them to record stories from their past. I have my father’s journal. My request of him reads as follows: Dad – you, Uncle Harry Mac and Uncle Harry Barner have shared dozens of tales from …