Tonight I attended a fund raiser. Not my usual evening out. Amid the artists, lawyers, and friends of friends of friends of the focus of the fund raiser was a person from my past. Years ago, when I first moved to Ann Arbor, I was involved in the Youth Companion Program. A program not unlike Big Brothers, Big Sisters, it
Monday I golfed 18 holes with my co-workers Suzanne, Kim, and Janet. I’ve never golfed before and, if I’ve ever had a golf club in my hands, it was in a summer high school gym class. So, it’s been a while. Over the weekend Daniel was a patient teacher/coach and showed me how to hold the club, get in a
Bobby Dixon served in Iraq for only three months before his life was taken by an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) this month. My partner, Daniel, and his daughter, Anathea, were close to Bobby and deeply mourn his loss. The service this week was painful, sad, and aggravating. Even though Bobby was personally unknown to me, I felt a sense of
Everyone has their own take on birthdays; celebrating quietly or loudly, with fanfare or with little/none. It’s Daniel’s birthday today and I’m posting this to wish him a wonderful day.
My post the other day about Girl Scout cookies reminded me about my Camp Fire Girls vest. I found it, along with some beads, badges, and a charm I earned long ago. I shot them in my light tent this weekend. One of the badges is specifically for selling candy. Not sure what the other badges or beads were for.
This week I was surprised to find the MySpace page of a young man I knew who died of his own hand on July of 2006. On the “In Memory of” My Space page, this guy (dead now over eight months) has a dozen friends, some of whom still leaving comments for him. In fact, he has over 50 comments.
At $3.50 a box, Girl Scout cookies aren’t exactly a bargain. But then again, it’s really not about the cookies. Growing up, I was a Camp Fire Girl. It’s a similar organization to the Girl Scouts. Camp Fire Girls start as Bluebirds and then grow into Camp Fire Girls. We did projects and worked toward badges and beads. I remember
The temperature reached the upper 60’s today in Ann Arbor and the shedding of winter can be seen, not only in the bare brown grass on the ground, but in the introduction of all things spring: teenage girls in tank tops and shorts, more people on bicycles, motorcycle riders and orange construction barrels. The thump, thump, thump of the neighborhood
Served in a brew pub, three letters. Soccer legend, four letters. Cosmetics Company, five letters. Black and white twister, four letters. A few months ago I watched “Wordplay”, the documentary film about crossword puzzles and Will Shortz. It’s a great movie that, like the movie about spelling bees and Scrabble players, introduces you to some of the top world crossword
I had a mammogram yesterday. The mobile Kamanos Mammogram Unit visits work every year. Malloy provides this valuable benefit to us and picks up the tab. It’s a great benefit on so many levels. It’s paid for, we’re still on the clock, it doesn’t eat into our preventative benefit and we skip the hassle of making an appointment and driving