Brilliant ... Fantastic .... I love it! HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (WXYZ) - One Hamtramck woman has found a new way to try and get the city to address the problems with the roads...fill them with flowers. Paige Breithart said she needed to call attention to the potholes because the city hasn't done anything about it. "There … Continue reading PHOTOS: Woman uses flowers to spruce up and fill potholes in Hamtramck – WXYZ.com
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The Voice of Summer: A Lenten Reflection
For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. Solomon 2:11-12 For any Michigander, Detroit Tiger Fan or just a Detroiter, you know the above, it … Continue reading The Voice of Summer: A Lenten Reflection
Memorial Day….God Bless them all….
"Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic." -- General Logan - May 5, 1868 "If it is considered a holiday, why is it so? I consider it … Continue reading Memorial Day….God Bless them all….
Ernie and Detroit
Yesterday the City of Detroit mourned the loss of a great man, Ernie Harwell, the voice of summer. Ernie was the broadcast announcer for the Detroit Tigers for years. His voice on the radio meant that summer was here. As a child I use to listen to Ernie on the radio, to hear the tigers … Continue reading Ernie and Detroit
Lenten Seeds
Image by P.C. Is2dnt via Flickr Michigan is a funny state, in a lot of ways. The weather here can change day to day, one day be in the 70’s the next in the 30’s, we cal this spring. Our political climate is about the same, we are, for the most part a conservative people, … Continue reading Lenten Seeds
This Easter
Spring is on its way here in lower Michigan. The snow is all gone (I hope, you never know in Michigan) and the temperatures have been pleasant. All good signs that spring is coming. I love spring, I can open up my windows in the house, I hate that closed in feeling I have a … Continue reading This Easter
6 Ways to Take a Mental Vacation
I got this is one of my email newsletters and thought I would pass it on… -Paul Sometimes you need to get away, but you don't have the time or money. Don't despair: A mental vacation can help reduce your stress. By Diana Rodriguez Medically reviewed by Lindsey Marcellin, MD, MPH Small stressors can quickly … Continue reading 6 Ways to Take a Mental Vacation
Looking for reasons
Hippocrates (b. ca. 460 B.C.) was a man of science, he love to discover the new and exciting to look in to the core of man to discover the meaning of life. One of the finding was the four humors, or as we would think of them, personality types. Our ancestors were trying to discover … Continue reading Looking for reasons
Phone a Friend
We all have issues we need to work on, we all can be a better us, but it's sometimes hard to know where to start. Sometimes the best place to start is with the small things, like for me it would be contacting my friends more. I am horrible at that, I think about calling … Continue reading Phone a Friend
An American Point of View 