Six Feet Under
MY BELIEF IS SOMEDAY WHEN I AM SIX FEET UNDER my essays will be discovered. Yes, they'll go viral, as they say, catapulting me into fame....
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Robert Bruce Adams
Jul 13, 20181 min read
Removing Stains
IT HAS TAKEN ME NEARLY SEVENTY YEARS to learn how to eliminate stains on my clothes. I admit I am not careful in my eating habits which...
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Robert Bruce Adams
Jul 7, 20181 min read
Fast Food Delight
I'M SITTING IN A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT with a cup of coffee and burrito in hand wondering why I chose to do this? Circumstances, such as...
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Robert Bruce Adams
Jun 29, 20182 min read
What's Local?
I LIKE MICHAEL POLLAN’S WRITING, and if we were ever to meet I’m guessing I would like him too. He’s kind of nerdy, and very insightful....
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Robert Bruce Adams
Jun 20, 20182 min read
Yellow Mustard
I WISH I COULD AGAIN FIND THE YELLOW MUSTARD used in the 1960s on the hot dogs at Detroit’s Tiger Stadium. If this happened, then I...
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Robert Bruce Adams
Jun 11, 20182 min read
Wounded Knee
I HAVE BEEN RESTING MY KNEE since I “popped” something in it on the third tee during my golf league play last month. As I fell to the...
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Robert Bruce Adams
May 31, 20182 min read
Going Home
I’M NOT PLANNING ON GOING BACK to my hometown unless I am summoned by someone’s death. That would be the only event that would pull me...
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Robert Bruce Adams
May 21, 20182 min read
Empire Asparagus
ASPARAGUS ARE POPPING THROUGH THE GROUND this week in NW Michigan. Our region has several farms that are devoted to these springtime...
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Robert Bruce Adams
May 15, 20182 min read
Sausage Gravy on Biscuits
CAN YOU BELIEVE I LIKE SAUSAGE GRAVY on warm flaky buttermilk biscuits? I mean I really, really, really like them. It has come to be my...
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Robert Bruce Adams
May 6, 20181 min read
Spring Delight
IT IS STILL TOO EARLY IN SPRING to plant most annual flowers. Except today, I chose to plant a little pot of pansies, confident they will...
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Robert Bruce Adams
Apr 30, 20183 min read
Poached Eggs
I JUST RECALLED A VERY EMOTIONAL MORNING from my early teenage years. I suspect that it had been hidden in my subconscious for all this...
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Robert Bruce Adams
Apr 26, 20183 min read
Blazers and a Minivan
RECENTLY I WAS IN NORTH CAROLINA to meet my new girlfriend's adult children. I thought back to the last time I had been there. It had...
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Robert Bruce Adams
Apr 17, 20182 min read
Outdoor Grilling
IT TOOK ME YEARS TO FINALLY ACCEPT PROPANE for outdoor cooking. I had been a die-hard “charcoal man,” through the formative years of...
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Robert Bruce Adams
Apr 9, 20182 min read
Dad and Golf
DAD TAUGHT ME SO MUCH about the game of golf. Where do I begin? Athletic skill was important, no question. But more important was the...
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Robert Bruce Adams
Apr 4, 20183 min read
My Wardrobe
IN THE FALL OF 1975 I BOUGHT A LEISURE SUIT in Rochelle, Illinois. It was a pumpkin rust color. My small-town clothier also found a...
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Robert Bruce Adams
Mar 28, 20182 min read
Wild Turkeys
I DO NOT RECALL EVER SEEING WILD TURKEYS in Michigan when I was a youngster. They are certainly a sight to behold. I find them a bit odd....
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Robert Bruce Adams
Mar 16, 20183 min read
Detroit's Dilemma
I AM TOLD MY NEW CAR will soon not need me. The next generation of personal transportation is already introducing a new phenomenon, the...
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Robert Bruce Adams
Mar 7, 20184 min read
Florida Last Year
I AM ON MY WAY TO FLORIDA after years of professing I was not interested in making the trek again. I had frequented Florida quite a bit...
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Robert Bruce Adams
Feb 27, 20183 min read
Balloons
I RECENTLY PASSED MY MICHIGAN REAL ESTATE licensing exam. This was a nice achievement for me. I spent 40 hours in classroom preparation...
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Robert Bruce Adams
Feb 18, 20182 min read
Great Pumpkin Bread
I RECENTLY FOUND A PUMPKIN BREAD recipe offered by Martha Stewart. I wanted to make it because it was mid-winter and I was simply in the...
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