This is my 150th post. I started because I wanted to share the news of my friend, Ed’s, 100th birthday. That was in November of 2017. Ed is 101 going on 102. Since then I’ve written about a multitude of things: family, friends, life, death, hopes, dreams, and fears. I hope that you’ve been …
Because I Can
Last spring I returned to Michigan before Ruth. I had work to do and she wanted to continue her play time in Florida. This year I’ve stayed a couple of weeks longer. During one of the first few days of my return last year, I drove to the Hamilton area to watch my two …
Unmasters – The Players
I’m not a fan of Tiger Woods, but his win in the most recent Masters is a great story. It’s quite an accomplishment for a forty-three year old man who hasn’t won a major in eleven years. The players in the Unmasters may not hit the ball as far, putt as well, or score …
Unmasters – Moments
The Unmasters featured some incredible golfers. Some played well – others poorly. Over twenty-five years dozens of different men engaged in the competition. We all brought our families or significant others. Some joined us for a year and never returned. Others played year after year. Rick “Rowdy” Lane founded the Unmasters. JB and I played …
Unmasters – The Trips
Ruth and I traveled to our first Unmasters in 1979. We had three children, David (four), Elizabeth (2), and Michael (nine months). We took David with us, left Michael with Ruth’s parents, and Elizabeth split the week between our friends, the Klumps and the Figels. We didn’t believe that a two-year old and a nine …
The Unmasters
The PGA has several golf tournaments that are enjoyed by the viewing public. People from all walks of life, both golfers and non-golfers, sit in front of their television sets rooting for their favorite golfer, most of whom they will never meet. They blindly hang on every swing, hoping that their favorite player will …
Miniature Golf
I played miniature golf with Ruth, David, Lindsay, Brady and Eva last Saturday. We were in Myrtle Beach for a few days and decided to go “old school”. We have played a lot of miniature golf in Myrtle Beach over the years. David first made the trip to MB when he was three years old. …
More Thoughts About Poppy
In no particular order of importance. I never saw Poppy get mad or raise his voice. I expect that he did – don’t we all – but I never witnessed it. His sons-in-law respected him. Tony, Harry, Don and Joe were not afraid to tease him, and they loved him like a father. He …
Poppy
Margaret and Harrison Continued Our 1958 Christmas rescue of the house with “no heat” was resolved very quickly. Preparing for the job took longer than the job itself. There was a family Christmas party being held at the home of one of Poppy’s customers. It was much like the one we left, only more …
Margaret and Harrison
Their friends called them Margaret and Harrison. Margaret was born Margaret Louise Walker. Harrison was really Carter Harrison. Kate, Ruth, Eugenia, Harry and Mildred called them mom and dad. To my sisters, cousins, and me they were Grandma and Grandpa Barner (AKA Poppy). They lived in Kentucky where my mom and Aunt Ruth were …