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GARDEN TEE-SHIRTS I’m looking for a sideline business of some sort, something to bring in a few extra bucks.  So I says to myself, I says, what could be simpler than coming up with nifty ideas for tee-shirts and selling … Continue reading →

June 1st and it feels as if gardening season has finally arrived in southeast Michigan.  The forecast is for a high of 80° and yesterday’s humidity has abated.  The incessant and ferocious rains which I was sure would drown everything … Continue reading →

CHAPTER ONE I parked my car at the curb and the two men sitting on a stoop across the street made me for a cop right away.  That was easy; the only white guys they saw in this neighborhood were … Continue reading →

Babysitter Music, n., term first used by Thomas M. Neely (Am, b Grand Rapids MI, 1952 –  ) and describing a musical genre consisting of songs which tell a sappy story, often employed by teenaged girls to entertain their charge(s) … Continue reading →

Our quarter grassfed cow is almost gone: a few one-pound tubes of ground beef, the brisket and a chuck roast remain.  I’ve got the day off tomorrow and, weather permitting, plan to smoke the brisket all day on the grill … Continue reading →

Linda and I are opting out of the industrialized chicken market.  Instead of buying boneless, skinless breasts from the big producers – where chickens are raised in deplorable conditions and the birds fed a steady diet of chemicals and antibiotics … Continue reading →

JOE AND LINDA’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE IN CLEVELAND Linda and I went to Cleveland this weekend and had a wonderful time; we both needed to get away.  Linda’s daughter Katie taught us how to get a good deal on a hotel … Continue reading →

   NEW MICHIGAN COACH’S CRIMINAL PAST REVEALED?      University of Michigan Athletic Director David Brandon’s self-proclaimed thoroughness during his search for a new football coach was called into question today when a blogger discovered evidence that the man Brandon believes to … Continue reading →

As soon as I can  figure out how to do so, I will change the name of this blog from grassfed55 to grassfedjoe; this at the suggestion of my son-in-law who thinks the change will make the blog easier for … Continue reading →