Many great writers and great speakers have had their say about how great of a person Ernie Harwell was.  The radio has been full of stories of people who Ernie touched their lives in one way or another.  People are taking time out of their day was we speak to go down to Comerica Park, and pay their last respects.  I only met Ernie one time, I went to listen to him speak a few years back.  He really experienced life, and had the gift of painting a picture for his listeners, that they feel like they were there with him also.  I spent countless nights from April till September listing to Ernie tell the story of the Detroit Tigers games.  I would listen as long as possible until I just could not stay up any longer.  Besides going to Tigers Stadium with my grandfather and father to watch the Tigers play as a child, my greatest baseball memories are listening to Ernie call the games while I was supposed to be sleeping. 

In his last speech at Comerica Park last September, Ernie said that he was happy that his journey was going to end in the Great State of Michigan.  Michigan was lucky to have Ernie for 43 years.  He will be greatly missed, but never really gone, because he made many generations of Michiganders Tigers fans, and even though he has not announced a game in 8 years, I still hear his voice when I at a game, giving me the play by play.

Looking for some different fun recipes for your upcoming holiday party.  I stumbled upon these fun, quirky recipes that have been submitted  to BMchips.com.   Better Made Snack Food Company was founded on August 1st, 1930 by Cross & Peters in Detroit, Michigan.  Over the years, the Detroit based chip company has outlasted 22 local competitors.  Today the Motor City might best be known for its own Better Made Snack Foods, which uses locally grown potatoes and trans fat-free cottonseed oil to produce potato chips that have earned a loyal following in Detroit, Michigan and beyond.   Check out these recipes that range from how to make cookies with Better Made Potato chips, to Nachos and Macaroni and Cheese.

While surfing the net this morning, ran across the Northville Chamber website.  They will be having the 4th annual Northville Oktoberfest, at the Community Park located at 5 Mile and Beck.  For the beer drinkers out there, what could be better than being in the wonderful Michigan Fall, and drinking beer.  There are also events for the children, so this could be a great place to go, on for everyone in the area. 

Had a little set back today, on my Michigan Challenge, will be doing it on Thursday, September 24.

Red Cedar River

As I walk down the path the leaves are starting to turn colors, there is a crispness in the air, it feels like a new begininng.  I can hear the water in the background flowing, as it weaves its way between the rock tree branches that are reaching to touch the water.  As the sun shines down on this small piece of heaven, I have a feeling of excitement, renewel, and good memories from the past.  My favorite place in Michigan is walking down the banks of the Red Cedar at Michigan State along the path that runs down Red Cedar Road from the Sparty Statue to Wells Hall.

This walk just hit so many of my senses, the beauty of the leaves changing colors, my memories of walking the path thinking of all the good things that were going to happen in the school year ahead of me and how MSU was going to shape the rest of my life.  The perfect weather, just warm enought to still be wearing tee shirts but not to hot.  Listening to the Red Cedar flowing in the background giving me a calm feeling.  The crowd of students, all seem to be well rested, from the summer that had just past.  As I walk this path today, not as a student but as a proud alumnist, it still feels like home.  It is nice that it has not changed the Red Cedar is still flowing, the leaves are still starting to turn colors, the weather is perfect, execpt now I see how much I have accomplished since those days, yet I still have the feeling of renewal.

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