Living On the Diagonal

  DETROIT- HAMTRAMCK, SHOULD WELCOME UKRAINE’S REFUGEES U.S. and Ukraine flags aloft in SE Michigan President Joe Biden has pledged to admit 100,000 Ukrainian refugees in Poland and other NATO countries. It seems to be a very small number in comparison. Over 5 million have fled the barbaric Russian war in Ukraine. Poland alone has taken in over 3 million. Rafal Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw, appeared on MSNBC  for an interview by Mika Brezinski .  Mayor Trzaskowski is appealing to step up and “share the burden” like Poland to meet the needs of refugees and resettlement.   There is a common-sense solution to the refugee crisis. As the United States comes to take in one hundred thousand refugees we stand to take in much more in Michigan. The number pales to that of Poland  which is taking on the largest relocation in Europe since the second World War. The city of Warsaw has grown thirty percent with 300,000 new residents. Poland is not only taking in, but we...

LIFE IN DETROIT YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE HEART! Have you forgot?   "THOSE DAMN YANKEES "   These days the Tigers are battling the Red Sox, Orioles, Blue Jays and resurgent damn Yankee team for a playoff spot. Detroit is confident of a Championship series in the D!  IAN KINSLER, ONE OF THREE TIGER BATTERS HIT BY ORIOLE PITCHER. KINSLER SUFFERED A CONCUSSION CAUSING HIM TO MISS THREE GAMES. ORIOLES: UNINTENTIONAL (?)   THOSE DAMN YANKEES - 1958 You know Ernie never did! Don't be "a house beside the road" And watch strike three 'Cause now we got the Indians, all the Birds in flight And Sox of every color including Red We can beat 'em in any fight By hitting where they're not 'Cause we got heart!    Link to "Those Damn Yankees" https://youtu.be/Ry8CpIg2fvU  Let's update Detroit  lyrics before we hit a foul YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE HEART You gotta have heart Miles and miles o...

"Life is an accumulation of memories. In the end that is all there really is."                                - Mr. Carson of "Downton Abbey" (by Julian Fellows) September 9, 2016 The End of Summer is the Beginning of the Fall  DETROIT - The PARIS of the Midwest What seems like more than a half century in my past, perhaps it was indeed that long ago (after doing the math) I recall how these last days of summer languished into the first days of fall and the dread of returning to school. If you are of a similar age and grew up in a large urban area such as the City of Detroit, you may relate to these critical stages of childhood development in the model of a less complicated world. What I find most prevalent among my memories are the scent, sounds and touch of those hot sunny days  shortened by each rise of the m...