A View of Death
William Cullen Bryant wrote a poem called “Thanatopsis” which is a Greek word that means a view of death or a reflection on death. Before you assume that this is a terribly depressing poem or that this blog will encourage you to stay under the covers crying yourself...
Work is a Four-Letter Word
There are certainly a lot of four letter words out there, some of which our Mothers had to wash out our mouths for using. I remember the time that I had to take one of my sons to the basement to cleanse his mouth with a bar of Fels-Naptha soap. None of these words,...
Encyclopedia vs. Google
Walt Disney’s Jiminy Cricket sang if you have c-u-r-i-o-s-i-t-y you need to consult the E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-E-D-I-A. How many of us learned to spell that word from his song? How many of you have that catchy tune in you minds right now? How many of you remember living in a...
Coach
Hayden Fox was the head football coach of the Minnesota State Screaming Eagles. In this 1990’s fictitious series, Coach had not only to deal with a football program that had seen its better years, but also with idiosyncratic assistant coaches, and a girlfriend/wife...
Footsteps Part 1 vs. Fingertips Part 2
In 1963 at the Apollo Theater, 12-year-old Little Stevie Wonder amazed the audience as he entered the music world and has not stopped wowing audiences with his unique style. As we all know, an even greater intrigue of Stevie’s is that he is blind basically from birth....
Blackie and Brownie
I recall early in high school, probably 9th grade in 1963, when my English teacher, who was certainly sympathetic to the social issues of the time, made us aware of the causes of skin color and pigmentation. Why, even within the races, is one person’s skin lighter or...
It’s a Black Thing
. . . you wouldn’t understand. It’s a white thang. It’s a woman thang. It’s a Christian thang. It’s a Jewish thang. It’s a Muslim thang. What the hell??!! With so many “thangs” going on, no wonder we have trouble getting along. I can’t understand you, and you can’t...
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...
Winter Wonderland?
Those of us who live in the north, Michigan to be more exact, have developed a sense of humor about the weather. If we didn’t, we would end up assuming the hunker down posture facing the elements with our teeth clenched and expletives emerging from our steamy breath....
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...
