The stamp a man puts on the position of President of the United States is never really clear until years later when a man’s legacy is looked upon with 20/20 hindsight. Gerald R. Ford had to step into a position vacated due to the Nixon resignation amongst the Watergate scandal. How do you [...]

I have uploaded three Christmas eBooks for your reading pleasure. The books are in PDF so anyone can download and read them. I got the text from the Project Gutenberg website that hosts the texts of out of print and/or public domain books.
These texts are fairly short (A Christmas Carol is the longest [...]

Whew! After a super busy last three weeks we have pretty much sold out of EVERYTHING on our shelves. We met and passed our sales goals for the Christmas season a week ago.
I would like to apologize to anyone that was still hoping to be able to place an order. [...]

One week from today (December 20th) marks the “last call” for shipping gift baskets and being assured of their delivery by Christmas. If you are shipping to Alaska or Hawaii you will need to make sure your order is shipped on December 19th.
Remember, you can place your order any time and simply choose the [...]

There might appear to be something different going on at the All Things Michigan blog. I switched it from a two-column format to a three column format. By doing so, I moved the links that were on the left in a vertical format up to the top in a horizontal format.
I just wanted [...]

Here is a little roundup of a few posts from last December.
Easy Slow-Cooker Bread Pudding
Simply delicious when you follow the recipe. I made this a couple of weeks ago with my two-year-old son assisting. Needless to say, in all of the chaos I added twice as much butter and forgot the sugar.
Then I [...]

The average price of gas in Michigan is down about $.07 from last week ($2.322) to a current price of $2.255. The price of fuel is also down from last month’s average of $2.296.
I filled up near Union, Michigan over the weekend for $2.19 per gallon. Most prices I saw over the weekend [...]

The forecast is calling for up to eight inches of snow by this evening here in southwest Michigan. And so begins my annual battle with the snowplow versus my mailbox.
This is a battle of less than epic proportions. Mainly due to the fact that it has a history of being a one-sided affair [...]

Find a Michigan Christmas Tree Farm near you using Captain Jack’s Christmas Tree Farm Network website. You have to scroll down to search for any tree farms near you. I would have liked to see a built-in search function available.
However, if you press the CTRL and the F key it will [...]

You know, it just isn’t Christmas until you hear the Porky Pig version of “Blue Christmas.” Sure Elvis’ version is probably the most well known, but there is nothing that brings forth fond Christmas memories like Porky Pig stuttering his way through “Blue Christmas.”
Click the link to listen online or right-click the link to [...]