There You Stood
One of my favorite groups of the 1980s is Survivor, known mostly for the “Eye of the Tiger,” the Rocky anthem. My favorites, however, are “The Search Is Over” and “High on You.” In an earlier blog, I wrote about sticking to your own kind. In a sense, sticking to one’s...
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...
Nothing/Something to Crow About
As I enjoy myself in Biloxi, MS, I can only wonder about how things used to be in one of the most dreaded states in the Union for African-Americans. Looking around and seeing so many blacks, not as workers and servers, but also as vacationers and travelers, I find it...
SHOCK AND AWE
The invasion of Iraq was titled “Shock and Awe” in relation to the devastation that followed. With tongue in cheek, I propose that was nothing compared to the shock and awe that we baby boomers have endured during the extreme changes in social etiquette, if not...
Heavy Music
Don’t you ever feel like goin’ insane When the drummer begins to pound Ain’t there ever been a time in your lives You couldn’t believe what the band is puttin’ down?” Certainly, a non-sequitur introduction for a blog about our talk show experience with Cliff Russell...
Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?
Thomas Hardy, a British author, wrote this poem in the mid-1800s. I read it a hundred years later while teaching English at Oakwood Junior High in what was then called East Detroit, Michigan. If you think this is going to be a mournful blog about death, you may be...
Rock and Roll
Rock and Roll. Chris ‘Rock’, that is and ‘Roll’ in the aisles with laughter is what we did. About ten years ago, we attended a Chris Rock appearance at Caesar’s Windsor Casino which is just across the Detroit River from downtown Detroit. When the comedian came on...
Nobody Gets Too Much Heaven No More
Jealous of others’ happiness is robbing you of your own chance of happiness. Carrying around the weight of negativity and pessimism can only result in more misery as the potatoes begin to rot and stink.
Field of Dreams
Thomas Marsh and I are currently building our “field of dreams.” Our grassroots mission is gaining traction with appearances at different venues. Our dream is to start the conversation so that “they will come.”
Black and White Like Stormy and Sparky
The big lesson here was: “do not judge a book by its cover; don’t stereotype; each individual is different whether it is a canine or a human.”
