Category: Life Lessons

I started working for the National Food Store as a stock boy in 1963, the fall of my junior year of high school. I liked the job and my boss liked me. My boss was C.J. Perry, but he preferred “Perry”.  I called him “Sir” my first day on the job and it stuck.  I …

I ran across this post on social media a week or so ago. It’s a playful look at sharing time. Its message struck a chord with me. When we marry, we expect to live happily ever after. No one believes their marriage will fail, but many do. I read on-line that 40 – 50% of …

I knew I had the right to an attorney but opted to present my own case in court.  I thought if I stuck to the facts, which were determined by highly extenuating circumstances, the judge would see things my way and wave the ticket and the fine.  What I didn’t bargain for was the city …

I had a date after work with a Birmingham girl. I got off work at 7:00 and was scheduled to pick her up at 7:30. Normally, I would have taken Crooks Road through Royal Oak and on to Birmingham, but this wasn’t a normal day.  I was about to get beat up by a man …

I was speaking with Brady during his recent Florida visit, and he told me he received his first speeding ticket.  He’s been driving on his own since June and has his own “ride”.  After driving with him when he was still “learning” I’m not surprised.  He had a lead foot back then. He has to …

The first time I heard of Uber I called it Hoover. Like the vacuum sweeper.  I knew nothing of the company let alone the concept.  My kids and their spouses taught me about it.  Ruth and I were taking Brady to Chicago via the train to watch the Chicago Cubs play baseball.  It was the …

When I started writing this blog in the fall of 2017, I didn’t know how many stories I’d recall. I had a few I wanted to tell right away because they were important to me, while others were simply crumbs rolling around in my brain. I’ve learned some come in great floods, like poured cereal …

The first phone my family had growing up was a party line.  We shared the number LIncoln – 32062 with another family I never met but briefly spoke to from time to time.  I didn’t answer the telephone very often, but when I did, it was sometimes for the “other party”.  I might hear them …