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Lake Michigan Lot for Sale!
Lake Michigan sunsets, sandy beach with glacial boulders, gulls squawking, and the shadow of a hawk’s wing breaking the sunlight can be experienced with this beautiful 100′ lot near the tip of Leelanau’s peninsula! Sitting atop a fifteen foot bluff, ready for your rustic retreat, this lot provides commanding views of Lake Michigan [...] -
IAA College of Creative Arts
Four-day writers' conference at Interlochen, near Traverse City. I was fortunate to have Keith Taylor, head of Bear River Writers' Conference and creative writing guru from U of Michigan as my instructor. -
The Corbett Family Tree
Corbett 5 Generation Pedigree Clink on the link above link to download the pedigree of Thomas Cyril Corbett, father to Bill, Tom and Bob Corbett and Grandfather of the Holden-Corbett clan. We will attempt to supply more genealogical information on this site as time goes on. -
Bill’s page is back
I will be posting here again soon… -
In Lieu of Flowers, Send Vodka
The morning my mother-in-law died one of her friends sent a delivery person to the family home. We saw the car drive up, heard a knock on the door, and expected flowers. It was a half-gallon of vodka. When I recounted the event later on, one of my friends said, “I’d like to know that [...] -
Vero Beach with the Hanleys
Well, here we are with the Hanleys: Warm weather and ocean breezes. We’ve been loafing, mostly, eating probably too much and having a beer from time to time (and occasional gin and tonic!) The condo is located on North Hutchinson Island between Fort Pierce and Vero Beach on A1A just across from the ocean. It’s [...] -
Goodbye Richie
Last week our family untied in saying goodbye to our good friend and brother-in-law, Richard Adent. Rich was only sixty-four years old when he passed. Yet, he was loved and treasured by many friends and family. Rich had a heart of gold, and would go way out of his way to help someone in need. [...] -
The Weeks Fly By…
Here it is, December, and I cannot believe it is nearly Christmas! It’s been quite a year. As Steve did in his blog, I’ll try to summarize a few of the highlights since my last post, which was last March, the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day and Steve’s opera. 1. Leah and Walter got married! [...] -
The Green River
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here I am at the Chicago River on the day they dyed it green! The shirt I’m wearing is a Corbett’s Bar shirt, graciously supplied by my oldest brother Bob and his wife Gail. The sash is from the Bernard J. “Bun” Brady Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (Traverse [...] -
240D Resurrected!
Today I picked up the new 1983 240D from Ron Bohrer and it drives great!!! I miss the old oxblood red color, but the bluegrey with blue interior is certainly liveable. For your information, we bought the old 1981 240 D in November 1994, keeping it until March 8, 2006. We put about 66,000 miles [...]