Category Archives: Michigan

“Ready to give you a new lease on driving fun.”

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Betsy

Some librarians push “Quick Picks,” but this one frequently forwards an article about the “pensioners’ line.”  “How BMW Is Defusing the Demographic Time Bomb,” a March 2010 Harvard Business Review article by Christoph H. Loch, Fabian J. Sting, Nikolaus Bauer … Continue reading →

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“I wanted to make them so utterly simple you could wear them forever.”

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Betsy

When you’re always on the go, doing something, what do you wear? “Definitely the mohair coat with suede bindings and a brass clip closure, the cashmere sweater with brass buttons, and the suede trousers. Definitely not the leather jacket and … Continue reading →

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Why chicken, not wheat or wool?

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Betsy

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in recent months, it’s that there’s more to what meets the eye, and the outcome is often what you least expect. Take time to learn, and you’ll emerge more enlightened.   Take Frankenmuth, Michigan, … Continue reading →

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At Herman Miller’s Design Yard, A Way of Living Is Also A Way of Working

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Betsy

Four offices in nine years. My grand tour of my workplace has taken me to two floors, providing various views from different directions. Now I sit at the end of a hall. After having been deluged with conversation on the … Continue reading →

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Marshall Fredericks Was Here In Columbus!

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Betsy

Two Bears. Baboon with Chimpanzee. Baboon with Sleeping Child. All sculptures by a Michigan sculptor named Marshall Fredericks, on view at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “How do I know that name?,” I wondered, … Continue reading →

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