If you are an avid baseball fan you know that there are differing opinions and controversies regarding baseball’s greatest players and all-time personal achievements. When I was growing up baseball historians argued that Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb were the greatest of all time. Throughout the past seventy years names like Hank Aaron, Willie …
Category: Family
Coming to a City Near You – Two
Earlier this week Elizabeth and Sutton set out on a grand adventure. They are off on a three country – yes country – musical tour. So much for a once a month, week-end hobby. Elizabeth has always been a traveler. She likes to see places. Experience. Explore. She’s drawn to ideas and people …
Coming To A City Near You
The first time that I heard the name Sutton Papanikolas my daughter, Elizabeth, was telling me about a new guy that she had met that wanted to take her fishing. She was living in San Diego and I wasn’t sure if he planned to take her “deep-sea fishing” or “lake fishing” like we do in …
Two Bits From My Past
I spent the winter in Florida. During my time there I had the opportunity to meet with my cousin, Gene, on a couple of occasions. He has a Florida home too. If you are an avid reader of my blog, you know that Gene is AKA Woody. We did a lot of reminiscing. Here …
Love At First Sight
The first people I loved were my parents. I believe that’s probably true of most people. Over time I learned to love my two sisters, as much as a pain in the rear that I found them. It may have been automatic, but I don’t remember it that way. I expect that’s the path of …
The Marriage Rules
All three of our kids have always been social beings. David and Michael had girlfriends and Elizabeth had boyfriends. I was comfortable with that arrangement but knew that alternative choices were possible. I liked all the girls the boys dated. Elizabeth choices were scrutinized more closely. I knew that when they were all …
Our Second Child
When Ruth and I started our family we agreed that names were important. We wanted each of our children to have a strong name. Names that would be remembered and impactful. As teachers we were well aware that some names were designed to encourage nick names. Some names encouraged rhyming. We didn’t …
Anastasia Kabatkina
I met Anastasia Kabatkina on October 31, 1997 at the Metro Detroit Airport. I was one of many friends and family who welcomed her to her new home in Michigan. The last time that I had been a part of such an airport crowd was 1958 at the Willow Run Airport just ten miles west …
Our Dinner Table
Many people – perhaps most around the world – never have the chance to share a meal at a table with their family. I’ve been lucky to have four dinner tables in my life. My first table was with my mom and dad. My sister Sharron joined us in 1950 and 1954 Jackie arrived. The …
500 N. Edgeworth
My mom and dad purchased the house at 500 N. Edgeworth in January of 1950 and made it our new home. 500 N. Edgeworth sounds cool. It sounds better than 430 N. Edgeworth and more distinguished than 500 S. Edgeworth. It also sounds way cooler that 500 N. Minerva. Who would want to live on …