There is a specific sound a screen door makes when it slams shut on a warm July evening. It is a quick double tap of wood and wire mesh, followed by the soft patter of children running down the driveway. That sound used to be the heartbeat of the American street. When I was a […]
The Quiet Streets of Morning When I look out the front window of my home in the early morning, the streets are wonderfully quiet. I see paved driveways and closed garage doors. A few birds chirp in the oak trees. It is a beautiful and peaceful sight. Yet, something profound is missing from this picture […]
The Early Days of the Open Road I remember the morning air feeling different when I was a boy. It smelled of morning dew mixed with the faint, sharp scent of gasoline. We lived near Woodward Avenue in Detroit. Back then, getting from one place to another was an event. A grand journey. The automobile […]
The Quiet Morning Reflections The morning air always carries a special kind of quiet before the rest of the world wakes up. I like to sit out on my front porch with a hot cup of black coffee and watch the sky turn from a deep violet to a soft hopeful pink. I have lived […]
The Quiet Heartbeat of Our Neighborhoods I have spent my entire life walking the streets of this great country. I have seen boom times and I have seen quiet times. But the things that always stand out to me are not the tall glass skyscrapers or the shiny new cars. It is the small homes […]
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I remember the smell of Sunday afternoons in the city when I was a very young boy. The air in our apartment building was always thick with roasting garlic, damp wool coats, and the sound of a dozen overlapping conversations echoing down the narrow hallways. It was the late nineteen forties. We lived with my […]