From Shoe Business to Show Business
In the beginning, long before Mast Shoes consolidated its downtown locations and relocated to its...
Read MoreFeb 23, 2024 | My Town |
In the beginning, long before Mast Shoes consolidated its downtown locations and relocated to its...
Read MoreJan 25, 2024 | My Town |
The last time Michigan won the Rose Bowl, New Year’s Day 1998, it had been a dazzling season for...
Read MoreSep 25, 2023 | My Town |
Recently, when I was doing household chores, I heard the name “Oppenheimer” coming from the TV. I...
Read MoreJul 25, 2023 | My Town, Nonprofits |
“This is a gigantic beehive of activity,” says a volunteer proudly as she scurries through the...
Read MoreJun 26, 2023 | Environment, My Town |
Our property does not quite aspire to having a waterfront, but it is fronted by wetlands. This...
Read MoreWhen Ajumma sent me a text message asking me to call her, I was worried that there was an...
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Mar 27, 2023 | My Town |
For most of my thirty-one-year career with the FBI, I was assigned to the Ann Arbor office—what...
Read MoreFeb 23, 2023 | My Town, Nonprofits |
In my not-limited experience, when you take your kids to Tiny Lions, no matter how many pep talks,...
Read MoreJan 25, 2023 | My Town |
Last month’s Observer included my illustrated article about a trip to Bed Bath & Beyond, where...
Read MoreIt was 1944, and my father had just arrived for Army duty in Hawaii. An attorney by trade, he was...
Read MoreNov 22, 2022 | My Town |
For a couple of years in the early 1970s, I shared a small two-story house on Warner Rd., a dirt...
Read MoreAs the Observer went to press, the U-M football program looked well positioned in its perennial...
Read MoreOct 25, 2022 | My Town |
In 1952, after our parents’ divorce, my infant sister, Bonnie, and I went to live with my Uncle...
Read MoreOct 25, 2022 | My Town |
“Someone should make a movie about Vernon Jensen’s war experiences!” declares Denise Frost. Frost...
Read MoreI came across my breast cancer goody bag the other day. The surgeon’s scheduler gave it to me five years ago, after we reviewed the pre-op paperwork. You may wonder: “What goes into a breast cancer goody bag?” It’s kind of like,...
Read MoreOne evening last September, my eight-year-old son and I stumbled into the rustic backyard of...
Read MoreEd Erickson’s profile on the Strava fitness app is a love letter to cycling. He posted road-bike...
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