Category: Daily Living

It chokes a tree by climbing and then completely covering it. Locals have told me it's a kind of grape vine, but I call it Michigan Kudzu. I've...

I just watched a film called "Lars and the Girl" or something like that and it moved me so deeply probably because I could relate to the slightly...

I love everything about landscaping. I love walking and feeling the environment and noticing how the plants want to go well. On the north side of...

http://youtu.be/3o3dF17EROk "con-trails" = condensation trails "chem-trails" = chemical trails

My mother is old enough to be my mother and she drives a mint condition 1973 t-top orange Chevy Corvette. She dresses in orange and does not...

More to go. Understandably, when Dad fell ill mom's time was consumed by personal care, so places in the house like the bookshelves became piles of...

Gotta start somewhere. Here at my parents' house, my talents and skills include good ol' grunt work. Here's a before and after of my dad's...

I bike from my sister's house in Bay City to my parents' house in Long Lake in a day. View Larger Map It took me 10 hours the first time last...

Took the Amtrak from Nevada to Michigan. One of the obviously scenic legs was Colorado, where we careened along riverside cliffs. Of course we...

On the train to Chicago, I sat with a man who was returning home and our conversation included the crime on the South-side of this US “Midwestern”...