Oxymoron is one of my favorite words. We usually think of an oxymoron as a phrase, like ”army intelligence: or ”double solitaire”. […]

Or Oxyori? Oxymoron is one of my favorite words. It’s almost like onomatopoeia, since the word suggests its meaning. But we usually […]

At a yard sale? If you happen to drive on U.S. 31, between Traverse City and Charlevoix, Michigan, you may notice a […]

I saw a hummingbird yesterday hovering around a wildflower. He was so small, I thought he was an insect at first. Then […]

Father’s Day is coming and I thought I would research and write a piece about the origins of Father’s Day. As you […]

This Spring, I witnessed a portion of the four day Michigan Youth in Government conference in Lansing, sponsored by the State YMCA. […]

What’s The Difference? During my last several trips to the grocery store, I was surprised to see cartons of brown eggs in […]

Where it was not before Last year, we built a shed for our home in the woods of Northern Michigan. A shed […]

Much Planting To Do My wife and I planted 37 Blue Spruce seedlings today, each in its own pot. This was quite […]

I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that I was scammed by a well-known printer manufacturer. Gullible as I am, I thought that […]