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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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wdt on Bund
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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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