Another jaunt just north to Muskegon. Visited their excellent farmers market and procured green healthy things. The vendor we were paying grabbed a knife and sliced a couple wedges from one of his beautiful tomatoes, “Ya got try this!” We did, and he was right. The pleasure of a perfectly ripe tomato is wondrous… so…
Month: June 2019
June 10th: The better question
Are you fun to live with?
June 7th: Beach shack heaven
Hugging the coast, we leisurely drove north to the Pere Marquette beach. Here the sandy shore is long, wide, and mostly flat, a beautiful uncrowded area near Muskegon. On the northern end of the expansive beach sits The Deck. The best (only?) beach shack restaurant on the coast. This is a spot we would claim as…
June 6th: More water
Water fast… maybe not the best thing to do. I did my 72 hours of nothing but water, well, except I had two romaine salads with a tablespoon of dressing. One yesterday, one today. Hunger pangs were almost non existent. When a little hunger knocked on the door, I answered with water. The two salads…
June 5th: Only water
Water only for 48 hours. The plan was 72 hours, but was feeling the effect… sore muscles, light headed. So I had some lemon in water, then slowly ate a salad. Nothing more today, probably only that romaine lettuce again tomorrow. Food had become too much of a pleasure. So much food, so many great…
June 4th: Choosing your friends
“When you go off to college, it will be your first opportunity to truly choose your friends.” … said a teacher of mine, my senior year in high school. “I choose my friends now.” “No,” he replied, “The friendships you have now were basically predetermined based on living in this small town, going to this…
June 3rd: Failure to launch
Plunked down on our quiet North Beach spot, we eyed the couple unload their paddle boards, paddles and other items. They slowly dragged them down to the water’s edge. Seemed to take them forever. The guy had no wetsuit, the woman just wearing the surfing leggings. Fifty degree water and moderate waves. They either had…
June 2nd: Bucket challenges
The weather altered our plans yesterday. We were back in town, dodging the rain. Wound up at the farmer’s market between storms. We strolled to the booth owned by our wedding cake people. As my wife opened her purse, retrieving her wallet to pay for our purchases, I took a few steps back and leaned…