It's still a little hard for me to comprehend, because I still feel hopelessly immature (say, about 28 years old), but retirement is right around the bend for me.It happens in three weeks.I've chosen to do it, maybe a little earlier than I should and earlier than I had planned, because I'm tired of the routine. Every ... Continue Reading

Kind of scary news from a health survey yesterday. Turns out that more than 30 percent of us in Michigan are now considered obese.Yikes. Just 15 years ago, fewer than 20 percent of us were obeseI used to be a skinny kid--6'2", 140 pounds as a sophomore in high school, 6'3", 175 in college--but then I seemed to gain a couple ... Continue Reading

Marquette recently held a celebrity golf benefit, complete with a banquet, auction and tournament at Greywalls.Great golf, delicious food, companionship and of course, most important, it all goes for a wonderful cause--the Beacon House, which houses patients and their families when they come to Marquette General Hospital.It ... Continue Reading

I had a rare treat over the weekend--I saw a baby born.The mom, a free spirit who has embraced everything about motherhood, invited her extended family to come into the birthing room at Marquette General Hospital and, together, experience a miracle.A miracle. That's certainly what it was, regardless of your religious ... Continue Reading

We ran into a disappointing development this week with the funeral services for Specialist Robert Voakes who died in action in Afghanistan earlier this month.It seems needless to say that his death was "tragic" but it was. Voakes was from L'Anse, a graduate of Baraga High School just two years ago, a good, young man by all ... Continue Reading