Heat Wave

June was very hot and July is continuing a world wide heat wave. We've been in the 80's consistently here in Michigan, but middle and eastern states have been in the 90's and 100's. For those who didn't get enough summer last year a good old fashioned one like 1967 is here now. Blues on the Grand has replaced the Square with a venue I find less friendly and acoustically challenged. The 2 performances I've been to had good acts but the sound and stage set up, leaves you in the sun of the old City Market. I've talked to Jan Fielder from WPCA there and caught up on what's going on. One night we went to The Harrison Roadhouse before the concert for a Shorts Brewing sampling, which I really enjoyed. We spent the 4th at Duck Lake and I talked to Mark Neering and life in Sterling Heights. I found out he met his wife there at Duck Lake as they had neighboring cottages. She is Diana Townes and her family now has the cottage next to the Beckers but they used to be down in the corner from there. Lisa had Wyatt at Sparrow and he ended up with complications from birth and being premature, spending weeks in ICU before coming home and doing very well now. The old Malibu is trying to break me with sensors, brake lines and tune ups, keeping business with Tuffy. I pray it can now run without problems for another year at least. Well, we all have now been to Midwestern Dental and so far it has worked for all 4 of us even though the initial appointments made us wonder if they knew how to schedule them. The 26th Alvarado reunion was yesterday, as the first was at Potters Park July 28, 1984. The next one was there and then one at Delta Mills, a few at Francis Park, and August 3, 1991 to it's location at South Lake Lansing Park. That shows the importance of family, history and tradition that needs to be preserved. Some events are unknown and they pass with no one except those who observed them to carry their existence on. You can't always get what you want but sometimes you get what you need for reasons unknown at he time.