If you look up the definitions for galivants, gadabouts and gigolos, you’ll find something like this. A galivant is a person who “likes to wander about having a good time with members of the opposite sex”. By definition a galivant can be either a male or female. You do need to be interested in the …
Get a Grip
My friend, Dave, gave me a three wood last spring before we headed north to Michigan. He didn’t use it and it matched the seven and five woods that I carry in Florida. It was a nice gesture on his part, and I appreciated the gift. I found it in my bag when we returned …
Ed 102
If you’re an avid reader you know that this whole blog thing began two years ago with my oldest friend, Ed. I wrote about Ed turning 100 years old. He turns again next Tuesday. He’ll be 102. No matter how long I live, it won’t be long enough to have another friend like Ed. The …
My Best Hire
When you are a part of the leadership team for a pair of organizations for over thirty years, you have the opportunity to meet and hire a lot of people. Some work out and others don’t. If you do a good job during screening most of your moves are positive. I met Stacie and her …
A Visit to Cleveland
The second time I visited The Music Box was two years later in the summer of 1967. The Fox, AKA Gary, (see posts below) and I took a road trip to surprise a girl that he had met the semester prior. I’m not sure how he and his lady friend met, but I suspect it …
The Music Box
The Music Box was a dance hall located at the eastern end of Houghton Lake in Prudenville Michigan. It was started by Lee and Shirley Kelly in 1946 shortly after Lee returned from World War II. They owned land near the intersection of Michigan highways M-18 and M-55. They realized that the local teens didn’t …
Smiths Grove
My mom was born in a house in Smiths Grove, Kentucky on July 19, 1920. Her arrival increased the total population to 811. By the end of the year, four other births were recorded for a grand total of 815. That number marked the all time high for the town. Forty years later, the population …
I Wanna Be a Dorf
I’ve never been a great fan of Halloween. I didn’t understand the “let’s scare the heck out of each other” part of the holiday. Don’t get me wrong. I took part when I was a kid, and certainly enjoyed the candy that I gathered as part of “trick or treating”, but the older I …
Another Northern Tale
Elizabeth was in the third grade, David the fifth and Michael was in second when we took the kids to Mackinac Island for the first time. We had a great time exploring the island. We walked through the main streets, bought fudge and t-shirts, held photo shoots like this one, and rented bikes. The five …
North Country
Ruth and I traveled to the upper peninsula the first week of August. All the kids were there so we joined them. Sutton and Elizabeth were making one last stop in the mitten before heading west. David and his family joined them to go camping. Mike and Kate flew in from California and camped a …