So this thing happened in the airspace over my city. Yet, I was blissfully ignorant of it for most of the day it happened.
I saw a quick headline online that said something about a problem on a flight.
It was Christmas Day. I had Christmas stuff to do. I have two children. We had to [...]
A whirlwind trip to Chicago, the last season of an HBO series, and the death of a contemporary all have me thinking about impermanence.
As my husband and I strolled the busy streets of downtown Chicago last week, we noted the similarities between The Windy City and The Motor City. If you are from Detroit, you [...]
Some call it the Nightmare Ride.
Some call it the White Trash Parade.
The official name is the Woodward Dream Cruise.
Call it what you will.
I have a love-hate relationship with the Dream Cruise, billed as the largest one-day auto event in the world.
It’s big. It’s more than a one-day event. If you happen to live near it, [...]
Most of my readers are not from Detroit.
They’re from Russia. They’re robots. They leave me long, detailed comments about things like Viagra and practices that are illegal in this country. Their comments often don’t correspond with what I’ve posted, but that’s OK. They love me.
But a few readers are real people and they live in [...]
After 288 hours of nonstop music, there’s a new sound at A.J.’s Music Cafe in my little town: Silence.
Owner A.J. O’Neil declared the marathon over at 5 p.m. April 1. The attempt for a Guinness World Record for nonstop music concert by various artists began on March 20. The videotaped footage of the event has [...]
A lunch date with a friend almost ended with the usual routine: the hug, the I’ll-call-you-soon, and the parting of ways to our respective cars. But my friend hesitated and stopped me from leaving. She confessed that she didn’t want to go to the underground parking garage alone. Would I accompany her in exchange for [...]
After almost two months of non-stop snow and extreme cold, we had a respite. The temperatures warmed to an unbelievable 50 degrees on Sunday, which melted most of the snow.
When Mother Nature peels back her heavy blanket, she reveals many forgotten things: the dull hues of a sleeping earth, Halloween candy wrappers, and the hope [...]
Like bears holed up in their dens for too long, we jumped at last week’s unusual day of sunshine and ambled outdoors to stretch our limbs. We dressed in many layers and headed to our favorite winter destination to walk off a few calories: The Detroit Zoo.
Within that destination is a favorite place: The Arctic [...]
My brother, who has the pleasure of living in the Rocky Mountains, came home for Thanksgiving. It’s been a while since he lived here full-time. I’ve never lived anywhere but here. I’ve visited a lot of places, most nicer. Some make me miss home.
I guess out West we here in the “flyover zone” are referred [...]
There are not many things that will motivate me to get up before sunrise, drive into the city and stand on line for more than two hours in the blistering heat. Especially not things that are a long shot.
But apparently this tall man whom I’ve never met, who wants to be our next president, has [...]
