Category: Life Lessons

The first time I saw a bidet was about forty-five years ago.   One of my friends, Lyndon, was building a new house, and he took me on an impromptu tour.  He was having great success in his new business, selling student accident insurance to K-12 schools and colleges throughout Michigan and the surrounding states. …

The current world health crisis has brought great change to all of us.  We’re learning new things every day, and quite frankly, each day is a bit scarier than the last.  One of the first national casualties was the cancellation of the NCAA’s college basketball tournaments and the annual basketball season known as March Madness. …

I know you’re not going to believe this, I really can’t believe it myself, but I’ve been approached to appear in the re-release of a current film.  I can’t share a lot about my good fortune as the deal is just in the beginning stages, but this appears to have legs.  They’ve gone so far …

I met Chuck during my freshman year of college.  He was one a several suite-mates I had that year.   My roommate, Don, and I made it the entire year together, but we went through at least four different suite-mates.   Paul was from Jackson, Greg from Grosse Pointe, Steve from assorted bars throughout the …

I’m not a fan of bath mats.  I view throw rugs of any kind as potential disasters.  As we age we don’t always pick up our feet when we walk.  Some of us tend to shuffle.  That was my dad. Several years ago, when my mom was living alone in her apartment, she became ill …

Ruth and I attended a concert last Sunday night.  It was a nostalgic walk through the history of Motown.  We had a great trip.  We knew all of the songs and danced in our  seats for the full hour and forty-five minutes. Prior to the concert I stepped into the restroom to prepare for the …

I saw this cartoon the other day and loved it.  It reminded me of my youth, my kids, and my grandkids.  Snow’s a lot of fun when you’re young.  I never took the family card table to build a fort.  My kids never took one either, but my grandkids may have.  The kids on Edgeworth …

I got the Mustang back several months before that August interview.  It went well, and I was offered a job before I left that night.  I would be teaching six sections of seventh grade English, or two sections of geography and four sections of English.  Mr. Hindbaugh asked if I had a preference.  “Yes, I’d …

The summer between my sophomore and junior year at Western, I bought a 1967 Mustang convertible. It was silver with a black top.  If I was any cooler after that purchase, I would have been twins.   My parents helped me look for the car, arrange for the loan, and added the Mustang to their …