The piles of broken branches at the curb in front of people’s houses aren’t getting any smaller. In fact, in many cases, they’re growing. Recent high winds that brought branches already weakened by March’s ice storms and heavy snow the rest of the way down. I’ve been hauling white pine and maple out to our… Continue reading Whatever the Problem
Month: March 2023
A Warm Place
This week’s post isn’t about Michigan. It’s about Michiganders traveling. To a warm spot. In winter. My husband and Daughter Number 1 and I met up with Daughter Number 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina, where D#3 lives. The next morning, the four of us were packing the car before leaving for South Carolina, where D#3… Continue reading A Warm Place
Dogs, Robots, and Forcing Blooms
Our local Humane Society can always use donations of towels and other flat linens. So, when I find abandoned towels out in the wilds—which happens more often than you might think—I wash them and drop them off at our truly stellar organization. Not only is the Humane Society of Huron Valley a no-kill shelter, it… Continue reading Dogs, Robots, and Forcing Blooms
All Over Town
We had an ice storm in February and ice after that and ice after that. The ice broke branches all over town. What dealt the biggest blow, however, wasn’t all that ice. It was last week’s snowstorm. Flakes started falling early Friday afternoon, a few at first, then thick and fast. Wind howled and… Continue reading All Over Town
Bat Mitzvah
Last Saturday morning, I attended the bat mitzah, the coming-of-age ceremony, of a friend from French class. Daryl, the friend, is eighty-eight years old. Her friend Ellen, also a grandmother, had her bat mitzvah at the Shabbat service, too. Shortly after the service began—in Hebrew—I was pleased to hear familiar words. Baruch atah… Continue reading Bat Mitzvah