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In 1953 we moved to a new neighborhood at the far corner of Northwest Detroit. We lived very close to the intersection of Eight Mile and...

Long before we had CVS or Walgreen or any other chain drug store on every corner the Detroit area had many independently owned...

Time seems to move much slower when you are young. School days seemed long. Minutes seemed like hours. Two and half months of summer...

People who lived in the Detroit area in the 1960's and are old enough to remember February of 1965 will probably remember the big...

Many years ago, I was a financial advisor at a large investment firm. I was asked if I would like to be part of a team of advisors and...

I am standing in my closet on this cold winter day looking at my neckties. I like to look at my neckties. I find it relaxing. Kind of...

Television was invented well before World War II. Due to the war, it did not become popular in the United States until the very late...

The phone rings in my office on a cold afternoon in early January about twelve years ago. The call is from the assisted living home we...

Many years ago, I interviewed and was hired for a position with a very large financial service firm. The manager who interviewed me was a...

We were sitting in the office of a mortgage broker. We were going to buy a new house. He was explaining the various mortgage options. The...

I'm having lunch with an old friend recently. The question of what time do you go to sleep at night came up. My friend says he goes to...

One day a number of years ago when I was still working I was trying to locate a company. I went to a receptionist who was a very nice...

The dictionary defines a curse as a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or...