Archives in Category: Special Events

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Happy Anniversary

Posted on May 28, 2024

Today is Earl’s and my fourteenth wedding anniversary, although we lived together fifteen years before tying the proverbial knot.

In the first fifteen years, we buried four parents, were in business together, and found a mutual love in cruising. We

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Car Season

Posted on May 24, 2024

It’s the start of the Memorial Day Weekend which also signals the start of the car show season. Given that Michigan is corporate home to the Big Three automakers, it’s not surprising that there are vintage car shows, juried car

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Mother’s Day and Baseball

Posted on May 12, 2024

I’m not super keen on Mother’s Day, but I am super keen about baseball. (If you read my blog regularly, you’re probably thinking, “Boy, does she belabor the obvious.”)

Anyway, I started this Mother’s Day by reading Heather Cox Richardson’s

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Shred

Posted on May 9, 2024

My son, Kevin – poet, professor, runner, soccer and tennis aficionado – has finally seen the results of his four-year labor. He wrote a book about running and being during the pandemic, when he spent his sabbatical year in his

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Kentucky Derby

Posted on May 4, 2024

Today was the one hundred fiftieth running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. As a rule, I’m interested in watching one of the most expensive two minutes in any sport, but for some reason today’s broadcast seemed over the

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The Minutes

Posted on April 28, 2024

It’s been a cultural weekend. Yesterday I attended a piano recital; this afternoon I attended a production of Tracy Lett’s play, “The Minutes.” Both were well done, but the former was about melting into the music while the latter was

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Piano Recital

Posted on April 27, 2024

My piano teacher has a fall and spring recital featuring the skills of her beginning students to her graduating high school seniors. It is always worth attending.

It’s been held in various venues over the years, but today’s recital was

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Pancake Breakfast

Posted on April 21, 2024

I’m not a breakfast person, but once a year I get up at 7 AM and go to the Sodus Fire Department’s annual pancake affair.

It’s one of those events where the whole community – infants, teens, families, seniors –

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Baseball

Posted on April 20, 2024

Today Earl and I flew the “W” as the Cubs beat the Marlins on home ground.

Believe me, it’s an emotional experience that will most likely be grist for various blogs through the summer. Still, I know readers might not

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The Day After

Posted on April 16, 2024

There are many different ways to experience Boston on Marathon Weekend. Some people come from all over the world to soak in the local culture, enjoy fantastic seafood, attend a Boston Red Sox game. And then run the race on

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