Opinion

What’s with the attitude?

I have jokingly responded to people asking “How are you doing?” with “I’m riding the wave and flipping off the sharks!” Truly, I’ve never surfed a day in my life. I use the phrase as a metaphor for an approach to living—a basic philosophy.

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Managing expectations

August sped by in a blur, due to my full calendar, so I have been really looking forward September. Since early September is not technically autumn, I was expecting late summer weather this past week.

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Charitable service and patriotism

The events in New York City on September 11, 2001, separate what came before and all that has happened since in American society. The front page of the Heralds and Independent all described local residents as “stunned” by the tragedy, when several commercial airplanes were hijacked and crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, causing thousands of casualties.

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À la mode

It was hot the day I visited the Ogemaw County Fair last week and I ducked inside an exhibit building to get out of the sun. The best of show display for antiques caught my eye and reminded me of a miniature antique dresser I entered in the Saginaw County Fair back in the 70s. My grandfather helped me restore the dresser, a salesman’s sample, and it won a blue ribbon.

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