Stories of Suspense with a Sense of Humor
I have always been a homebody and I’m approaching an age when it’s increasingly easier to stay home. I love playing with the dogs, we live in a quiet neighborhood, and we have internet. What more could I ask for? My first job out of college had me traveling every week, never at home for … Read more
Broken systems have been on my mind of late—transportation, public health, safety—which reminded me of my father and his system for cars. He had a penchant for cheap, used cars. His favorites were both cheap and used. His heyday for crappy cars were the 1960s through the 1980s, a period when even new cars were … Read more
I hope you had a pleasant holiday, however you celebrate. We had high hopes around here. Both our adult children were going to spend Christmas with us, arriving on Christmas Eve. But we had another guest arrive first. My wife was stricken with food poisoning. We both had stayed up late on Christmas Eve-eve getting … Read more
The other day I helped my son move into a house here in Lansing. Directly across the street, there was a fire in the front yard. It was past eight o’clock in the evening and pretty damn cold out. I came outside to grab more stuff out of the car and paused to admire the … Read more
Marv Albert, Hall of Fame sports broadcaster, was accused of sexual assault back in 1997. He lost his job (at least for two years, which was significant back when white men were rarely held accountable for such things). This morning, I had to look up what he’d done because I couldn’t remember the pertinent details. … Read more