IN MY MINDFULNESS PUSH where stress in my world is minimized, I’m learning to focus on the contentment found in the here and now. I so...

THERE IS SOMETHING MAGICAL about the views we get along the shoreline in greater Frankfort. In fact, the entire length of the western...

I HAVE NOT WATCHED a movie in about five years. I know it has something to do with my opinion of actors and my confusion about our...

WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE that came my way this past week during my drive along M-22 from Manistee to Frankfort. Just past the parking lot...

HERE IT IS LATE AUGUST and I have been enjoying weeks of fresh corn, tomatoes, and peaches. I am very thankful for the local producers...

I WATCH WITH INTEREST ECONOMIC indicators that are all coming in suggesting we are in an inflationary period. This is not welcomed news...

SUCH A NICE RETURN for the rock and jazz group Chicago, appearing live and on stage this first week in August at Interlochen. The group...

This photo of daisies I took with the sun behind me on my walk into downtown Traverse City. IT WAS THE LAST DAY of the Cherry Festival....

HOW FUN IS IT TO GET THE WHEELS turning in planning a nine-hole golf course with a year-round rental cottage complex in greater...

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...