Friends Report on June 22, 2009

Summer has come to mid-Michigan and no one seems to be complaining. Ever hotter temps are predicted for the week.
Lots of folks are upset that the Red Wings lost the Stanley Cup playoffs. It's hard to believe we lost those games at home.
We had a Biergarten Party under the Birches for family and a few close friends. Everyone, we think, ate and drank "German" and had a good time.
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JERRY - Maggie, Jerry's best friend of 11 years died recently, and he is deeply sorrowful. Under the Birches we knew Maggie very well and thought she was a "gem". We're sorry for the loss and will miss her.

DASHMANN - has been busy running back and forth up north, but he doesn't have a cottage.; He just keeps busy running around.

MARSHA - reports that The University of South Carolina’s archaeological dig site, "Topper" – home to some of the most significant research on earliest man in America – will be the subject of an hour-long episode of“Time Team America,” a new PBS television series airing at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 15.

BIG D - reports that OFFICER ED has broken his leg and is laid up for awhile. You can send get well wishes here:
P.O. box 176
Houghton Lake
Michigan, 48629

LIAM - was a charmer for all who held him and played with him this weekend. He really is an incredibly cheerful baby. Takes after his mother, for sure!

AMY meets LIAM -
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ALICE - please contact your congress people and your senators in Washington to let them know that everyone in the U.S. needs good health care coverage, and that they should support the efforts for reform.

LORI H. - Thanks for the good time at your Greekfest gathering.
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GIGI - recommends the poem "Farewell to Teaching" at this website: CLICK

She also recommends this site for helping get new tress in Michigan Parks:
CLICK
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SPARTY - recommends this article about suing the U.S. government because of being tortured. One judge has said it is Costitutionally permissible: CLICK

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SOME HUMOR SENT BY YOU

ANONYMOUS - suggests that this is the Saginaw Rowing Club, but we know for a fact that the club has had trouble finding even ONE Cocks'n.

JERRY - sent this joke:

Having already downed a few power drinks, she turned around, faced him, looked him straight in the eye and said, "Listen here, Good Looking, I screw anybody, anytime, anywhere, your place, my place, in the car, front door, back door, on the ground, standing up, sitting down, naked or with clothes on, dirty, clean ... it doesn't matter to me. I've been doing it ever since I got out of college and I just love it." Eyes now wide with interest, he responded, "No kidding! I'm a lawyer, too. What firm are you with?"

BILL J forwarded this:

JERRY forwarded this billboard smile:

JOE forwarded this T-shirt humor:

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SOME SNAPSHOTS

PATRICIA in the middle - PAT C AND BOB at coffee club - JIM THILL on the road - (his blog CLICK ) Friends, the HAUSBECKS - BIG D and GEORGE at retirees' lunch - 2 aunts