Ruth and I recently watched “Yellowstone”. We’re Johnny-come-lately to the series, but once we got started, we binged watched every episode. Now we’re plowing through the prequel, “1883”. We’re equally impressed. We also attended the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas last December. Ruth has always been a fan of cowboys. She likes the broad …
Category: Life Lessons
Young Republicans
When I was a freshman in college, I met the guy on the top left of this picture. He was a junior at the time and had worked with my dad at Faygo Beverages in Detroit. I’ve forgotten his last name, but John was from Grosse Pointe. He liked my dad and loved Faygo, the …
Basketball Flashback
Brady’s junior year basketball team hasn’t been as successful as they anticipated. They thought they had a good team, and perhaps they did, they just struggled to win games. The Michigan High School Athletic Association’s tournament begins for them on Wednesday so perhaps tournament time will be kinder than the regular season. Time will tell. …
“Yeah”
Ruth and I text Brady a couple times a week. The coronavirus, and the accompanying shutdown, provided us a small blessing. Many of Brady’s basketball games are live-streamed, and we get to watch them. We text him to wish him luck and offer words of solace or praise after the game. He responds to every …
Autograph Seekers
BZ Tebo, AKA Elizabeth Tebo, signed several copies of her book, “The Elephant on Aaron’s Chest”, during her book debut yesterday. It was well attended. Her mom and I are extremely proud of her accomplishment. Witnessing her book signing reminded me of the time I took my grandson, Brady, to meet the former major league …
A Father’s Perspective
I’m going to a celebration next Saturday in California. Our daughter, Elizabeth, has published a book and it’s making its public debut that day. “The Elephant on Aaron’s Chest” is thirty-six pages long, contains two-hundred and eighty-nine words, and took fifteen years to write. You can’t rush perfection. Elizabeth is a licensed clinical social worker …
B.S. – Before Scanners
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 …
Choose Wisely
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 …
Judgement Day
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 …
Extenuating Circumstances
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 …