A Place for Remembering and Changing

It is about time you found us. We have been waiting for you! Please make yourself at home as we conjure up some memories for you about the “good ole days.” Did you have an Aunt, Uncle, Grandma, or Grandpa who loved to share his or her memories? Weren’t those times enjoyable as the past was connected to the present? Have you ever gotten lost in a story, a movie, or even a song that took you back to a specific time, place, or person? If so, you have found the right place for remembering.

However, if memories are all that you are looking for, this is NOT the right place for you. What you will find here are real life anecdotes designed to show you that Blacks and Whites are quite similar but unique. You will be challenged to put aside ignorance which causes preconceptions and stereotypes. Don’t worry. You will not be scolded or preached at. In a subtle fashion, you will discover and remember what you already know in your heart. This site will allow you to put your life on pause and then cause you to be refreshed by your reflections on the “good ole days.” Perhaps this site will even help you improve your perception of racial issues in America. Please enjoy.

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The story revolves around two people who lived during the same time, roughly 1950 through the present. The setting is the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Now available on Amazon!

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Do you know someone who grew up in Detroit in the 1950’s and 1960’s? Or maybe that someone is you! Let’s spread the word about this site and the book so we can reminisce together.

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Each blog article has open comments, why not jump in and tell us if you had a similar experience. Or maybe you’ve got a story of your own to share – we’ll be publishing guest posts soon! Get in touch.

Good Morning, America, How Are You?

I am writing this blog on July 4, 2017. I saw on the news this past week that a majority of young Americans are not proud of their country. As a sixty-eight year old white man, I find this poll disturbing. While I was preparing a song list for our Black and White Like...

Glory Days

Whether it is our old Aunt Nellie or our dear Grandmother telling us about the “good old days” or Bruce Springsteen rocking about “glory days,” one thing is in common. As Bruce puts it, “Glory days, well, they’ll pass you by like the wink in a young girl’s eye.” Of...

We were guests on The Rock ‘n’ Turk Sports Show

What an honor for us to be asked to be guests with Rock and Turk this evening. What a great conversation about race relations in Detroit and around the world. We chatted about growing up in Detroit and living through the race riots of the 1960's, how basketball...

Do – Would – Did – He ?

There she was just a-walkin’ down the street, singin’ “Doo-wah-diddy diddy dum diddy do” Snappin’ her fingers and shufflin’ her feet, singin' “Doo-wah-diddy diddy dum diddy do” . . . Now that I have that iconic Manfred Mann tune bouncing around in your head for the...

A Picture is Worth a Thousand (or at least 567) Words

Looking at some old childhood pictures of Cookie and me, I couldn’t help smiling. How darn cute were we in some of them with our “Sunday go to meeting” (old-fashioned saying meaning your best outfit) clothes on? We would have a sports coat with a white shirt and a...

Geezerball Update

Geezerball played such a prominent role in writing Black and White Like You and Me. So I'm sure you're wondering .... what's going on with geezerball? I'm happy to report that geezerball is alive and well and currently residing in Farmington Hills at the Dietz/Trott...

Fingertips Part 2

With Stevie Wonder set to appear at Caesars Casino across the border in Windsor, Canada at the end of this month, I couldn’t help wondering where all the time has gone. I checked out a 1963 video on YouTube of Stevie performing at the Motortown Revue at the Apollo...

Greatest Game Ever

If you have ever played a sport or been involved in any competition, your mind has flashbacked at one time or another to a particular game that stands out as the greatest game ever. Now, this does not have to be as momentous as a Super Bowl or a World Series or an...