Today is our mom’s 82^nd birthday; February 21^st. My sister and I are taking her to dinner and then for a pedicure tomorrow in Jackson.

Part One

Today is our dad’s birthday… February 16^th. He would have been 85. He was a force of nature.

Prologue

This is our house. It has endured 145 years of Michigan storms and weather and the wicked waste of this old town.

Flu season is pretty bad right now; I have a case of it myself. It really took hold and tried to take me down last night.

It's a dark and icy night in the little city of Jackson. Streetlights softly carry on for phantom traffic, strangely silent.

I’m a big fan of DIY healthcare. And one thing I know for certain is that prediabetes can be reversed with the right food.

Chapter Three

Hideousness in motion, this …man… his cobra-like body rising upward from the bucket seat balancing on its coiled tail.