His words flew through the air with the greatest of ease fifty years ago today, as the daring man was inaugurated as the youngest elected President of the United States of America. His speech that day has been rated as one of the great speeches ... Read more

We have had great news today that makes us very proud. Our daughter has passed the Michigan Bar Exam. So it's congraulations again to Rachel G., a Reader member of Writelink.

Rachel G is a reader member of Writelink, but as she is my daughter I have taken the liberty of posting (boasting) this about her success. Yesterday 22 May Rachel graduated Cum Laude as Juris Doctor (Doctor of Law) from the Thomas Cooley Law School ... Read more

Hi-yo, Silver Who remembers the Lone Ranger in the early days of TV? I don’t remember ever listening to it on the radio. Our recent trip to the North East Oakland Historical Museum brought the memories back, Bruce Beemer the last of the radi... Read more

The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians The Thomas Cooley Law School in Auburn Hills was the venue on 13 May for a Michigan Notable Books program presentation by Dr James McClurken. His book Our Journey, Our People – The Little River Band of ... Read more

1 North Washington Street The Michigan Historical Commission registered the building at this address as a Michigan Historic Site in September 1992. Built around 1900 the original two storey brick building was bought by the Oxford Savings  Bank... Read more

Sam’s Downfall The door in the kitchen at the top of the spiral staircase was closed. The staircase leads down into the basement. A counterweight on the door ensures it closes after anyone descends.. Day 2 of our trip to my daughter’s h... Read more

Clouds, Ashes and Dust Polling Day began at 03.30 with an early morning call and a room service breakfast at 04.00. We were to check in at 04.30 for our flight out of the country. Rain clouds covered the sky as ‘dawn’ broke; a steady dr... Read more

David would be shocked. We set out to return empty bottles and cans to Meijers, a large 24 hr, supermarket five miles away down mainly dirt roads. There is an incentive to recycle here as they have machines for recycling plastic, metal and ... Read more

I've just spent a interesting morning at the Michigan Court of Appeals. The Court is situated in Cadillac Place in central Detroit in what used to be the headquarters of General Motors. In the entrance hall there was a 1915 Cadillac. W... Read more