This piece was written as part of a 300 words a day writing challenge in a recent class I took, Writing About Place.Clean up WeekEvery year in the early spring, the community I grew up in hosted “Cleanup Week”. During this time, the township scheduled overtime for the garbage men and they picked up anything… Read More Cleanup Week
This piece was written for my Weird and Eerie writing class. The prompt was something that was half real and half dreamlike.ChurchI stand in the choir next to Brother Bazil, he sings bass and watching his Adam’s apple bob is so entertaining for someone my age. Wishing I could sing that low, trying, yet the… Read More Church
Essay from a recent class I took on writing the Weird and Eerie.Write a short story in which an alarm clock going off in the middle of the story plays some kind of crucial role. Half of the story will be a dream and half reality. Try to create a mirror image on either side… Read More 5th Birthday
Deconstruction I recently gave in and joined Tik-Tok, mainly to see what my granddaughters were up to, but like many I became lost in this mindless playground of information and absurdities. I am amazed at the amount of people that are ‘deconstructing’ their faith. The definition of this could be quite great and somewhat winding… Read More Deconstruction
THE RIGHT THINGOne morning after my sixtieth year had already passed me by, I sat and reflected on my life. I had retired with a decent pension, raised my children to adulthood without too many issues and had a sufficient number of grandchildren who were well on their way to turning out ok. Yet something… Read More THE RIGHT THING
Grand Blanc Football About 20 years ago when my daughters were in the Kearsley Marching Band I was president of the Band Boosters. On the evening we played Grand Blanc (I think it was 2000), the Grand Blanc team scored a touchdown while the Band was marching down the track. A number of Grand Blanc… Read More Grand Blanc Football
Racism Around Us?Local Headlines:September 22, 2022. “Grand Blanc football players disciplined over messages; cheerleader for wearing obscenity-laden hat.”September 22, 2022. “Lapeer football player mom speaking out about racist remarks made to her son”These recent reports of the racist actions of two different local varsity football teams are both alarming and unnerving. Unfortunately these students are… Read More Racism Around Us?
Banned BooksI would like to begin with a quote by the award winning Sherman Alexie, a Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker: “I believe in any kid’s ability to read any book and form their own judgments. It’s the job of a parent to guide his/her child through the reading of… Read More Banned Books
EARL’S COUSINSGrowing up we visited and heard a lot about Dad’s cousins. I never thought too much about it till recently and then could not make heads or tails of the various people.Culbertson, Dorris, Lane, Julius, Peck and more! Who are these people? How do they fit in and how are we related?It became apparent… Read More EARL’S COUSINS
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT FINDMy sister Sula was an avid genealogist. She spent hours in the musty basements of courthouses looking for clues of our heritage. She sparked my interest in the fact finding and desire of answering the gene questions. But I must admit I do most of my searching online.While filling… Read More YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND
Ramblings of an Old Coot 