Our Economy Is Our New Reality
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What Does The Future Hold?
I know I do a lot of music posts and I happened to mention to Rose how many people in the music profession have died in the last month or two. I didn’t really want to do a post or…
Good Tuesday Morning & Random Thoughts
Good Tuesday Morning! It’s dreary here and I’m hoping for rain. We need lots of it. We are all under red flag warnings here. About a month ago it rained almost non stop but the ground was frozen and…
It’s Snowy Eh?
This morning my kids anxiously watched the school closings for a snow day and of course their school wasn’t included. They were all south of us by about 3 hours. My brother confirmed my suspicions early that Grand Rapids was…
Benefits Of Layaway To Ourselves & Our Country
There is a lot on the news lately about Layaway coming back. Last year and this year we went to Kmart because we were able to put our gifts for Christmas on layaway. A bit of planning on our part…
A Trip To The City, Traverse City That Is
We live 2 hours north of the nearest city. Traverse City, although very small it packs a powerful punch. The Stock Market and Bank protesters were out in full force infront of the State Theater (Michael Moore – psst…
Go Detroit Tigers!
While I do like baseball, I’m not a huge fan of watching it on tv. For some reason it doesn’t hold my attention like hockey and Nascar. It could be because it’s not as intense, but it doesn’t matter.…
Why Whooping Cough Should Worry You
Listening to stories from my grandparents when I was small made me think it was the dark ages. They had Influenza, Polio and other illness that kill people. Never in modern times did I think there was something that could…
Natural Resources and State Economies
Growing up in our area makes you forget that there is a huge world out there. That Northern Michigan is a small speck on the earth. Not everyone loves the beauty of our beaches and not everyone is worried about…