TRYING TO GET THAT OLD TOY FEELING AGAIN

TRYING TO GET THAT OLD TOY FEELING AGAIN

by | Dec 17, 2006 | Detroit Free Press

It’s not the little slot cars I miss. Oh, I loved them. I really loved them. They were hot red and hot yellow and you pressed a little controller and you raced them around a track – until, having pressed the controller too hard, you caused them to go...
TRYING TO GET THAT OLD TOY FEELING AGAIN

MAKE IT A HOLIDAY TO REMEMBER

by | Dec 10, 2006 | Detroit Free Press

I have a good idea for a holiday present. You can give it to your entire family – or yourself. It’s a perfect complement to that new video camera, or that new stereo. It even works well with that new Cross pen.Like many good ideas, I found it right under...
TRYING TO GET THAT OLD TOY FEELING AGAIN

U-M WRONGED BY BCS VOTERS

by | Dec 4, 2006 | Detroit Free Press

Well at least, after all the games, the rankings, the computers, the controversy, at least the college football world finally reached a conclusion:The system stinks.That’s the only conclusion we can agree upon. All else is chaos. Did Michigan get jobbed? Sure it...
TRYING TO GET THAT OLD TOY FEELING AGAIN

AND THE NEXT LEAP OF FAITH? GIVING BACK

by | Nov 26, 2006 | Detroit Free Press

We had a special visit over Thanksgiving. A little angel dropped by the house. She has a smile that would melt a grizzly bear and a face seemingly made of peachy snow. She also wears tiny glasses, has an appointment for cataract surgery, and because of a stroke, her...
TRYING TO GET THAT OLD TOY FEELING AGAIN

BO’S SPIRIT LIVES AT BIG HOUSE

by | Nov 21, 2006 | Detroit Free Press

When loved ones die, we like to remember them doing the things they liked best. We picture them reading in their favorite chair, teeing up a golf shot, tinkering under a car hood. We picture them looking up from these tasks, smiling and waving a final good-bye.If you...
TRYING TO GET THAT OLD TOY FEELING AGAIN

BEATEN & BLUE

by | Nov 19, 2006 | Detroit Free Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The reason they’re called storybook endings is because they usually happen in storybooks. There was no movie moment Saturday. No winning one for the old coach. In the biggest game in the history of Michigan-Ohio State, under clear autumn...