September 2008 archive

The Weekend is Upon Us

Be sure you attend the Auburn Hills Parade of Stars Bluegrass Festival tomorrow. It’s a bunch of fun, and they have excellent bands in a nice location. We always have a good time and see lots of friends.

Kwame is finally Leaving the Building

Finally, a resolution to Detroit’s embarrassing mayor problem, or is it problem mayor?  Any resolution is better that the what we have been subject to. Click on Detroit report.

Belle’s Box – 15

This entry is part 12 of 342 in the series Belle's Box

You can read about Belle Lamunion, 1864-1848, and her amazing box of family memories here. Belle married Henry H Fellows, 1858-1905 in 1879 in Ashland Township, Newaygo County, Michigan. This series of posts will center around the approximately 405 items in the box which are in my possession. I scanned the items one at at …

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Happy Birthday

GS2 is having a birthday today, he is seventeen. I could write 17, but seventeen seems older, and he seems older. Here are GS2 and GS3. 2 is driving the jeep that was 3’s first birthday gift. Let’s see, 3 was born in 1999, so the party was in March, 2000. 2 was born in …

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Garden Pictures – Finally!

Stuff goes on, and things take time. We’ve had a good garden year, but the rain stopped about a month ago, and everything is dying now. Things didn’t start out smoothly, either, but the middle portion of the summer was good to the grass, the garden and the trees. I did keep track with some …

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Belle’s Box – 14

This entry is part 11 of 342 in the series Belle's Box

You can read about Belle Lamunion, 1864-1848, and her amazing box of family memories here. Belle married Henry H Fellows, 1858-1905 in 1879 in Ashland Township, Newaygo County, Michigan. This series of posts will center around the approximately 405 items in the box which are in my possession. I scanned the items one at at …

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Tomatoes, Still Tomatoes

I’m buried in tomatoes.  I canned some more yesterday, but I’m pretty done with that.  And tired of it, too.  I’m going to peel the ripe ones and make another batch of salsa.  We eat it on everything when it’s available.  It’s actually more like Pico de Gallo.  D1 introduced me to a recipe from …

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Sad News

RIP Jerry Reed.  Tremendous talent.  Huge influence.  Good and funny, too.  Here’s a small sample:

Gummy?

Why does this site want to be my friend on MySpace? I guess it’s because I added a couple of children’s acts as friends, like this one. Well, I like Cathy and Marcy, and have for years. But I’m not a  Gummy type. Sorry.