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Sunday May 16,1971 was a very warm and sunny day. Why do I remember what the weather was like on that specific day? It was the day we were married. We got married in the afternoon at a popular hotel in downtown Detroit. This Saturday May 16,2026 will be fifty-five years since that very warm Sunday afternoon. Being married fifty-five years is a pretty big milestone. A lot of people do not reach that milestone for a number of reasons. First, you have to be lucky and live long

You Tube is an American -Video-Sharing platform. It is currently owned by Google. It is the second most visited website in the world. You Tube reaches almost three billion monthly active viewers. Collectively they watch more than one billion hours of video every day. More than five hundred hours of video are uploaded too the platform every minute. There are approximately a billion videos in total. This number is constantly growing. I am a retired senior citizen. I started wat

I have always been a movie fan. Usually saw a couple of movies a month if not more. Going to a movie was a night out. A way to escape for a couple of hours. Spend some time with friends. Take a date. Take your wife out and leave the kids with a sitter. The year 2020 brought the Covid Virus. People had to stay home. Movie theatres like many other business's had too temporarily close. When the epidemic ended not all theatres were able to reopen. People did not rush back to tho

0n July 20,1969 the first astronauts landed on the moon. It was a great achievement! In October of 1968 another great event took place. The Detroit Tigers won the World Series The Tigers had not won the world series since 1945. Twenty-three long years. They had not won in my lifetime. Twenty-Three years seemed like a very long time. It does not seem so long today when I realize it has been forty-two years since they have last won the series in 1984. The team had a record in 1

The first moon landing took place on Sunday July 20,1969. The three astronauts on that historic flight were Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins. Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the moon. The landing was seen all over the world on television. Most of those television sets were black and white with screens that were a lot smaller than the ones many people have today. The first words spoken on the moon by Neil Armstrong were "that's one small step for man

We were driving east on Maple Road this past Thursday March 12,2026. It was around noon. We were heading towards Trader Joes's at Telegraph and Maple. Somewhere between Halstead and Drake Roads we heard sirens behind us. We pulled to the side of the road. The emergency vehicles past our car. We did not think much of it and began to move on. Very quickly more emergency vehicles were coming from all directions. Again, we moved to the shoulder of the road. We saw them heading do

A new book is out called "Love Johnny Carson". This book was written by Mark Malkoff with David Ritz. Mark Malkoff describes his book as "one obsessive fan's journey to find the genius behind the legend". You may have been a fan of Johnny Carson, or may be too young to even remember him but have an interest in who he really was this four-hundred page book will tell you almost every detail of his entire life. When you have completed this book, you should understand why the "To

The first public library in the U.S. was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. Public libraries quickly became very popular. They are funded by public resources such as taxes and donations. They give free access to books and information resources. Libraries continue to be very popular to this day. The modern library gives access to books in various formats, digital collections, public internet access and educational programs. I have gone to the library for a l

The Detroit Tigers are in Florida a sign that winter is starting to come to an end and spring is around the corner. It looks like the Tigers are serious about making a run for the World Series with the recent additions to the pitching staff. This should be an exciting season for Tiger fans. The Tigers announced recently that there is going to be some changes regarding the television broadcasts this season. From what I heard the team has made a deal with the MLB network to tel

The N.F.L held its championship games this past Sunday. The Seattle Seahawks beat the L.A. Rams and will go to the Super Bowl for the 5th time. {I hoped Matt Stafford and the L.A. Rams would win.} In the A.F.C. the New England Patriots beat Denver and will play in the Super Bowl for the 12th time. The Detroit Lions did not make the playoffs this season and once again will not be in the Super Bowl. The first Super Bowl was played in 1967. The Lions have never played in the big

We have a dog. His name is Jake. He is a Havanese. We have had him since he was a puppy. Jake is over twelve years old. He weighs about fourteen pounds. Many people own and love dogs. Dogs and people have been companions for thousands of years. Dogs make good companions. They are loyal. They give unconditional love. They provide emotional support. They can enhance social interaction. They contribute to a person's physical and mental well-being. Dogs are a responsibility. They

The Lions ended the season this past Sunday with a record of nine wins eights losses. No playoffs and of course no chance for a visit to the Super Bowl. The season is over! Once again, the loyal Detroit fans were disappointed. The Detroit Lions are one of the oldest franchises in the N.F.L. The first Super Bowl was played in 1967. The Lions have never played in the big game. They last won a championship in 1957 in the pre super bowl era. That is about sixty-nine years ago.

The dictionary defines a curse as a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something. Bobby Layne played professional football for 15 years. He became a Detroit Lion in 1950.He played quarterback for the Lions for 8 years. He led Detroit to three NFL championships in the 1950's. This was the pre-Super Bowl era. Bobby led the Lions to the 1957 championship. It was the last time the Detroit Lions played in or won a c

The year 2025 is winding down and it has been six months since I started writing this blog. Thank You for reading my essays. I hope you have found them interesting and entertaining. I have tried to share my memories. I have also shared my thoughts and observations on various topics. Again, I hope you like what I have written. I look forward to writing more essays in 2026 and hope that everyone will continue to follow me in the new year. In addition, please tell people you kno

There is a lot to watch on "You Tube". I watch it quite a bit. Lately I have been watching and listening to a lot of music. I have started listening to a lot of music by popular performers from a gone by era. Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Andy Williams, Tony Bennett among many others. Two that I have watched and listened to lately that I may not have appreciated as much many years ago are Perry Como and Dean Martin. Perry Como was born in 1912. He quit school at fourteen and