Last year Ruth and I bought a new dining room set for our home in Florida. I even wrote a blog about the purchase. Our tables have been the centerpiece of wonderful conversations over our years together. When we returned this year Ruth noticed “the leg on your chair is wobbly”. She called the furniture …
Like You Mean It
There’s a saying… hindsight is 20/20. The expression comes from the way people describe good vision. A person with normal, good vision has 20/20 sight. Hindsight is an understanding of a past event. Looking back makes things look clearer. I don’t know who coined the phrase, but its been around as long as I can …
Christmas 2021
We just finished Christmas 2020, and I’m already looking forward to Christmas 2021. In spite of all the turmoil, I’ve enjoyed this crazy season. David and his family were here for a few days, and Ruth cooked Christmas dinner for three Michigan friends whose families are up north while we reside in Florida. Everyone is …
Electronic Christmases
Back in the day electronic Christmases simply meant, “Don’t forget to buy the batteries!” When I received my remote control car it had a couple of wires attached to it which required four c-cell batteries to supply the power. I was about nine at the time. Luckily, Mom remembered to make the purchase. They powered …
A Christmas Miracle
Back in the day Elizabeth wrapped all my Christmas presents. This was after Santa Claus and pre-Sutton. She like doing it, and I appreciated her completing a task I wasn’t very good at. I was ten thumbs and she was precision. It was a perfect match. The first couple of years after her move to …
Christmas Cards
When I graduated from college in 1969 I decided it was time to send my own Christmas cards. It sounded like a grown-up thing to do. I bought something manly. I avoided cards that featured poinsettias or Christmas trees. No pictures of wrapped packages, Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer, or mistletoe …
Insider Trading
Disclaimer: The following, like all of my stories, is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. I have changed the names to protect the innocent. If you don’t heed my warning, you have only yourself to blame. A couple dozen years ago a good friend’s son, “Lynn”, graduated from Georgetown Law School. …
Bouquets and Garter Belts
My mom and dad’s seventy-fifth wedding anniversary was yesterday. I expect they danced in heaven, and after they danced they probably played cards with my Aunt Ruth and Uncle Harry. There was undoubtedly a big dinner (Dad would have insisted.) with the whole extended family to celebrate this diamond jubilee. And after that they – …
Making a Difference
I’ve been involved in education since I was five. I started as a kindergarten student at Royal Oak’s Whittier Elementary, moved through the Royal Oak system, earned a Bachelors Degree from Western Michigan, Masters from Eastern, Specialist from MSU, and worked with several colleges and universities through my “retired” work for the past thirteen years …
The Reset Button
Don’t you just hate it when things don’t work as planned? Life runs more smoothly when they do. When we arrived in Florida we soon discovered our water softening system didn’t work. The water here is not as pure as Michigan’s, so we’ve found a whole house water purifier is required. Once we installed the …