The Little Words Mean the Most

I had a different view of Obamacare

 

 

 

You see, my pre-existing condition was my mother committed suicide.

 

And it was a gift. Of sorts.

 

 

 

 

He rang the doorbell and stepped back onto dry ground.

The boards without splashes. Waiting. He knew she was downstairs, working. She sold beads on E-Bay. He knew it took time to climb the circular staircase that modern architecture prescribed for their house.

         The melting snow had flooded her front walk. He didn't want to track that in. The Buddhists had that right: strip to your socks.

         It was February. They'd had all the snow they'd see this year. He cared. It was a sad note for Rhode Island. Only farmers wanted Virginia's climate to move this far north. But it was. Ask any winery manager. Rhode Island could field a drinkable white since the beginning. Now? Pull out the white vines. Grow red vines. This new, insidious, reverse-carpetbagger climate favors red grapes, bolder recipes, more notes. Longer summers. Higher temps. More sun. Gesturing them in from the wings (hurray!): syrah, mourverde, cab sauvignon — grapes of character. I like a toasty, leathery, smoky cocktail red.

7. SYNOPSIS

 

 

Friends saw many dire circumstances turned into art.

         Forever, the wheel could grow.

         Act 1: The HUB: despair.

         Act 2: The HOPES: those paddles.

         Act 3: Only the future decides

Day 1 in Detroit: Feeling flight at the Henry Ford Museum: GREAT artifacts. MORE interested in the story "Why?": guide/friend Paul Duffy just finished the best book on Detroit architecture I've seen

 

 

 

Day 1 in Detroit: the Henry Ford Museum (4 stars) > Does this make U hungry?

 

...I was; the museum thoughtfully provides a hotdog garden to your left as you enter where you can dine and fortify. HAD YOUR FILL? Soon you'll discover the museum's true theme: INNOVATION, the importance of, reinforced by a couple of posters from WWII...

And the fan that plugs into her smart phone: at Zingerman's Roadhouse

 

 

look how strong that breeze is ^ V the Roadhouse displays a vast salt-and-pepper shaker collection & a drive-up coffee/muffin window in an aluminum trailer

 

the pair of them: our sweetheart Ann Arbor guides and hosts, Pukey-Punk and Fred

 

When I stare at this I calm down: A fresh bouquet in our bedroom announcing spring at Marilyn & Paul's, Detroit

 

 

 

 

Go Spartans

Day 2 in Detroit: Eastern Market morning guided by Paul & Marilyn

Day 2 in Detroit: Simone buckled on her slogan armor