By Scott SullivanEditor50th Reunion, Part 2It was assuring knowing I would die lacking nothing. The nurse and druggist had denied me insulin. Blood sugar played Bach’s Toccata and Fugue on my organs.“I’d considered going,” I said.“To your 50th reunion?” asked neither.“It was over before it started.”I had clicked an invite link to a video of Read More…
Someone asked if it bothered me that sometimes people don’t like what I have written for the newspaper. My answer is always the same: Not at all. I know I have never sat down at the keyboard with the intention of irritating or angering anyone. I avoid being a propagandist and write what I believe is true. Read More…
I couldn’t help but read with a smile when Allegan columnist E.C. Stoppel posed a question to random people (in this week’s Allegan County News) as to whether they liked pickleball or not. Some younger people answered that it was an “old man’s sport” while several older respondents had not tried the game. I smiled Read More…
What is the difference between a hurricane, typhoon or a cyclone? There is no difference except for the fact that they are known by a different name depending on where you are in the world. Most of us are familiar with the name hurricane and we know what kind of damage can be done. A Read More…
The beginning of the summer season is this weekend.I know, I know, the calendar says summer starts June 21st, but let’s face it, the season always starts with Memorial Day weekend…Two Clare County schools have already held graduation ceremonies with only Farwell coming up next weekend.The school year ends shortly after that, then it is Read More…
Latter Day Saints Church Early photo NE Corner Carland and Main This week brought some physical changes to Main Street and some fond Blevins Street memories for me.We don’t know what’s in store for the little former church-become-Community Space in Marion, Michigan. But we do note that there is some likely much needed repair and Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditor50th ReunionAs a diabetic, pokes and pricks-abetted, it’s imperative I have insulin. At the druggist’s I saw: Good healthIn a single stopSign up forShingles shots here The cute dark pharmacist on the cardboard sign next to the poem would prick me, then no shingles. If I signed up I might say tongue-tied, “I Read More…
On Memorial Day, there is no place I would rather be than in a small Midwest town. More specifically, it means a small town in southwestern Michigan. Like the rest of the country on that day, we will pause for a few minutes to remember and pay tribute to the men and women who made the Read More…
Is anyone concerned about artificial intelligence as I am?You know the technology is growing at such a rapid rate that humans might be subservient to robots soon. Or so say a few prognosticators.Being somewhat a libertarian, I do not favor government interference a lot of things, but AI is one emerging technology that we need Read More…
Here are six Rules of Life I wish I had known when I was younger: