ONE OF THE IRONIES IN MY LIFE happens to be my newest venture managing a specialty property on the bluffs of Lake Michigan outside of...

I PLAY GOLF WEEKLY WITH MY BUDDY GENE. His brother Joe happened to join us this week. I don’t usually look at other player’s clubs but on...

LEARNING TO SAY “NO” was one of my great turning points that came to me in my forties. I had gone down many dead-ends in business...

IT WAS A TOSS UP either I offer a recipe detailing my Aunt Betty’s molasses baked beans with smoked bacon or her famous chili sauce. I...

IN EARLY JANUARY MY NEWEST GRANDBOY was born in Hinsdale, Illinois. George was the third boy in my youngest son Dave’s expanding family...

THIS PARTICULAR CORN CHOWDER RECIPE has evolved nicely over the years. During this time I have used many types of smoked fish and seafood...

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...