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If numbers are your shtick, the holiday season won’t disappoint. At any given moment, someone is counting beans or calculating something in their head, or on Google calculator – maybe even you. Store owners start crunching numbers way before Thanksgiving … Continue reading →

Today was “tax-payin’ day” and it was a gloomy-looking morning, made even gloomier by writing out a check for the Winter taxes. Anticipating a long line at City Hall, I set out earlier than usual, and it was darker than … Continue reading →

What a glorious morning – it was a little frosty but the sun was out. Yay for those rays! Even sunglasses would have been in order. I hadn’t walked on the path at Council Point Park since Thanksgiving, so that … Continue reading →

Mallards are mad about me. How could they not adore me? Every time I meander over to see those mallards, I toss a large bag of crumbed-up bread into the water for them. They usually congregate daily for a morning … Continue reading →

A couple of thoughts crossed my mind today … along with a pair of favorite Christmas songs. Little Saint Nick … The local news sure was hopping today as Downtown Detroit dealt with a massive power outage, followed by the … Continue reading →

Where did this long weekend go? The prospect of a four-day holiday loomed large on Wednesday and suddenly it is Sunday afternoon and I’m wishing it was just Wednesday. The weather here is downright crazy – 62 degrees right now … Continue reading →

Freezing drizzle in the early a.m. kept me housebound this morning. No errands beckoned me to scurry out in that mess and I was happy to linger over breakfast and enjoy that second cup of coffee before getting my day … Continue reading →

It was a petite promenade for me on a rather gloomy-looking morning. It took forever to get light and I stole out the door, knowing I was only going to make a short hop around the ‘hood. The scrapper was … Continue reading →

Now, I could have chosen a picture of a Thanksgiving Day table laden with turkey and the trimmings and groaning with goodies. But, there was no holiday bird for me, so, instead I am sharing shots of the chubby squirrels … Continue reading →

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” — Oprah Winfrey