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May 9, 2019July 15, 2019family, health, misc

Welcoming the new family “member!”

After roughly 15 years of gradually increasing aggravation and decreasing mobility, I checked into Beaumont Hospital in Troy, Michigan and had my right hip completely replaced. The new family “member” (structural member, for you engineers out there) is now firmly in place.

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January 2, 2019July 14, 2019community, family, gadgets, misc

Small things lost and found

Perhaps two small things, lost and found, provide a tenuous connection to times and places and family members that are lost forever, except in memory.

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January 2, 2019July 14, 2019family, travel

Return to Shanghai

This Fall, I returned to Shanghai, China for the first time in more than 32 years. Needless to say, I hardly recognized the place.

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January 2, 2019July 15, 2019community, family, music

A Birthday Celebration to Remember!

Of the many blessings I received in 2018, the greatest was the wonderful milestone birthday celebration (“the BIG one”) held at Music Hall Detroit on May 22.

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January 2, 2019July 15, 2019family, provinggroundbook, travel

A Green Book and a Ham Sandwich

Yesterday, as I was walking through town reflecting on the movie “The Green Book,” I remembered an article I wrote back in 2003 that recalled one of my own experiences with travel in the racially segregated South.

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the kids
December 25, 2018July 15, 2019community, family

Merry Christmas 2018

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We feel blessed and happy this year as we open gifts […]

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November 25, 2018July 15, 2019family, travel

Stacy’s Announcement

For the past two years, my daughter Stacy, my firstborn child, has been working as an executive for Nike Inc. in China. […]

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November 11, 2018July 15, 2019community, family

Thanks to our Veterans

On this day when we recognize those who served by defending this country, I’d like to recognize and thank two very special […]

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November 7, 2018February 25, 2021community, education, family, scholarship, U-M

The Power of Persistence – and Faith

This morning, in the aftermath of a national election that was both disappointing and encouraging, I am reminded of the power of […]

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January 16, 2017January 16, 2017BBUM, community, events, family, provinggroundbook, U-M

Martin Luther King Day, 2017

On this Martin Luther King Day 2017, I can do no better than to reprise the remarks I delivered at the University of […]

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