I FINALLY STARTED A DIET after I was huffing and puffing my way up into my loft last month. A little anger is a good motivator for me. I...

SPRING HAS ARRIVED JUST OFF MY PORCH. It is a very welcomed sign. The pussy willow tree just south of my front door is full of fuzzy buds...

HOW EXCITING AS PBS has announced an up and coming documentary produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about the life of Ernest Hemingway....

THE HISTORIC FIRST MOON LANDING occurred on July 20, 1969. It was performed by a team of heroic American astronauts aboard the lunar...

SELLING KITTENS WAS MY FIRST JOB. It would be the first of many jobs finding my niches in the supply chain of commerce. Hey, you got to...

I AM FORTUNATE BECAUSE MY FRIENDS and family often recommend books to me. They frequently offer gems that aren’t even on the New York...

HERE IT IS FEBRUARY 4TH and we finally have an official winter storm warning issued for Benzie County by the Gaylord NWS reporting...

DISCOVERING AN ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS deep in the pages of the books I am reading has stirred my curiosity. The words I'm focusing on are...

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A NEW iPHONE12 and one of the settings it has displays a randomly selected archived photo each time I open it – kind of...

MY SECOND BOOK WILL BE PUBLISHED this summer. I now have some extra funds to tackle this undertaking. It will be nice to pull the trigger...

THE PUSH TO MOVE OUTDOORS for winter activities is one of the nice outcomes of the pandemic. NW Michigan has the space, the hills and...

IN MY PUBLISHED MEMOIRS, I relive a road trip in the spring of 1970, when Dave Bowen, a fraternity brother, and I, took a spring trip...

A NEW DESCOVERY IN MY KITCHEN has me energized to once again tackle making homemade breads. The discovery? Simply switching my "leavening...

MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IS DONE. This signifies quite a change from my younger days when I was clearly a last-minute shopper. Thank...

COOKBOOKS ARE BACK IN VOGUE. At least they are in my life. After years of using the magic of Google to find recipes on my laptop, I have...

SNOW IS ARRIVING LATER TODAY in such a gentle way. It is late November and a large weather pattern is making its way slowly into the...

WILBUR SAMPSON THOMAS DIED OVER 100 YEARS AGO. He met his maker in a spectacular fire that roared through the Royal Frontenac Hotel in...

I’VE BEEN BOMBARDED BY RECIPES for Thanksgiving coming from many directions in my universe. With the holiday in sight, households are...

LASSIE AND RIN-TIN-TIN were famous stars from my childhood. Of all the characters that TV sponsored in the 1950s my strongest memory is...

MAKING BREAD REQUIRES SOME SERIOUS PATIENCE - a personality trait I apparently missed out on. As you may recall, automatic bread-makers...