In memory of Marilyn June Scribner June 9, 1930 – December 24, 2021 I reluctantly headed out to a women’s gathering at Blanchard Alliance Church shortly after I moved back to the States eleven years ago. I’m a introvert, so the thought of stepping into a circle of well-established social connections was daunting. But I […]
[NOTE: You can now subscribe to this blog by sending an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and writing “Subscribe” in the subject line.] Back in the day when I was a spry and lively college coed, I never used the Prairie Path. I was afraid that I was too fat, too out of shape and too un-athletic […]
This is an entry I don’t know how to write… I’m waiting for a friend to die. A friend I haven’t spoken with in years. A friend who was once the center of my universe. A friend who knew me without explanation. A friend who inspired me. A friend who healed me and harmed me. […]
Ask any MK where home is and you’ll see an impressive display of pre-syncopal symptoms: the eyes roll back, sweat beads form, and sometimes an involuntary twitch appears. For most of my life, I’ve answered the question with a vague “it’s complicated” met by raised eyebrows and loss of interest. More recently, I’ve perfected a […]
[NOTE: You can now subscribe to this blog by sending an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and writing “Subscribe” in the subject line.] How ’bout a little quiz? Which of these are NOT true statements? There are 2,800 Tim Hortons donut shops in Canada Canada is basketball’s birthplace Uncle Tom’s Cabin (of the famed slave novel) was […]
[NOTE: You can now subscribe to this blog by sending an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and writing “Subscribe” in the subject line.] Warning: This one is…weird. I may be suffering from acute humidity-induced something-or-other… ******* It’s a day that comes around every two years. It’s pretty easy to predict its arrival, really. The birds stop singing. […]
[NOTE: You can now subscribe to this blog by sending an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and writing “Subscribe” in the subject line.] Gracie-Pooh Studebaker is my new best friend. She’s dependable, knowledgeable, longsuffering and objective to a fault. That’s her good side—kind of like saying that Rosie O’Donnell is funny and engaging, while omitting “belligerent,” “cantankerous,” […]
[NOTE: You can now subscribe to this blog by sending an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and writing “Subscribe” in the subject line.] I’ve just come home from an evening walk on the beach. I’m not usually a beach-person. I like to say it’s “too sunny, too sandy and too bathing-suity” for me. But I was lured […]
[NOTE: You can now subscribe to this blog by sending an email tod writing “Subscribe” in the subject line We’d been planning the surprise for weeks—I’d fly in to Detroit from Germany, spend the night in a motel, then take two more flights to Manchester, NH, where I’d surprise my nephew, Corbin, the day before […]
[See end of post for subscription instructions] As I write, there are cars honking in the street outside, all decked out in flapping German mini-flags. Bars and restaurants have installed their temporary projection TVs and throngs of rabid fans are readying themselves for kick-off with giant glasses of beer and enough fatty food to give […]