On our way to see the haircut aunties a week before Chinese New Year, we run into our little friend Miss Hu (who the kids say should go to medical school so that she can become Doctor Hu). We take a picture together and tell her...
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When my daughter went off to college, I made a list of things I would do to fill in the gaps left...
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I met Jimmy Hoffa in April 1960 when he spoke to students at the University of Michigan Law...
Read MoreChuck Armstrong is a polite, soft-spoken, and engaging man. You’d never guess he is a barracuda at Scrabble. Did you know there are competitive Scrabble tournaments? I certainly didn’t when I first started...
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Petoskey rests among the hills on Little Traverse Bay near the tip of the Lower Peninsula....
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Last August, my friend Tom arrived late to our weekly socially distant gathering (My Town,...
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St. Thomas Cemetery, often referred to as “the Old Catholic Cemetery,” sits at the...
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During the warm months of the pandemic, my husband and I took walks in different neighborhoods,...
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It was early April, in the first days of Covid, when I came upon the small stone on top of an...
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“I come from a car family,” says Holly Fischer. “I got the bug from my...
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I lived in Ann Arbor for twenty-three years, then semi-retired to Florida in Mickey Mouse’s...
Read MoreIn 1973, I was a senior at U-M, heading off to grad school at UCLA. My dorm room at Baits Housing, high on a hill overlooking North Campus, was filled with mementos and metaphysical charms: tissue paper flowers, stuffed animals,...
Read MoreAfter forwarding a variety of news stories to a friend in Las Vegas on January 21, as an afterthought I texted, “Watch this Wuhan, China event, they’ve shut down a city of over 50 million people. Imagine if that...
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As an employee in a grocery store during the pandemic, I have seen numerous changes in how we work...
Read MoreForget toilet paper shortages. One of the earliest items to sell out during this siege was jigsaw puzzles. Finally, I am ahead of the trend! I didn’t need to worry about procuring any, because I try to keep a few...
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With the passage of the 2018 Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act, adults may legally...
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Channeling Alex Trebek: This little muddle-class, middle-aged Michigander recently turned from...
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I gave him $50 to pay his final probation fee, helped him write a resume, and worked with him to...
Read More“I didn’t know Michigan had a football team,” I told my boyfriend when I first moved to Ann Arbor. It was new-person swagger and a little bit of truth. Coming from the land of dawgs and gators, I needed to...
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Last winter, as I flipped through Pittsfield Township’s Rec & Ed brochure, I paused...
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