My points. Please.
Um. I found mention of the HISTORY of the city flag AND blogged about it.
If you can give yourself a half-a-point for finding a non-city flag, I can at least get a half-a-point for digging up info about the actual flag in question.
Thanks.
the forgotten in Mt. Olivet Cemetery
As a college student, I had a summer job in the 1970's at Mt. Olivet as a "trimmer". I would use a small lawn mower to trim around the large, above ground headstones in the days before weed whackers.
While trimming around the thousands of headstones throughout my day, I could not help but look at names and dates, seeing whole families of the deceased.
Sometimes you would see the solitary grave of a person who had died at a young age, perhaps a service person killed in war, or a child's solitary grave, and you could not help but wonder what had happened to them.
I have returned to Mt. Olivet in recent years, as some in my family are buried there still, and it has been faithfully maintained, as I'm sure it always will.
I think if family members wish to have their loved ones relocated closer to home, that's a good thing. It shows they still care, and it can be a comfort for people to have their deceased family members close by.
For those that remain, even the forgotten, I'm sure Mt. Olivet take care as they've always done.
Memories at Mt. Olivet
My Dad takes care of our family graves. As a child, I would help him mow the lawn, plant flowers, fertilize, etc.. I always enjoyed seeing the headstones and reading them. Now as an adult, I visit on my own and think it is a beautiful cemetary. I can't understand why my family members today want to be buried in Resurrection. They say that no one wants to come to Detroit. Well, we have one grave plot left next to my grandfather which I hope to be buried at. It is in the old section and just beautiful. Maybe I can keep younger generations aware of such history.
A gem called Mt Olivet
April,Im sorry you were late. I know that at least one person went on the tour. We were kind of surprised so few showed.Mt Olivet is the most beautiful cemetery in metro det.As you were going about your business with your mom there were a few of us in the office gettting ready for teats in trunks at fletcher field which is about five blocks south of the cemetery on french road.If you go to the neighborhood blog at detnews.com you can find several events mt olivet has put on,most recently a prayer service on sept 11th. During the summer they had a run to benifit the make a wish foundation. Mark Gracely,the director of Mt Olivet, is A God-send.I have several family members and others buried there and I like to show them the respect they deserve and tidy up some graves when needed. It is a very peaceful place and with the security you should feel quite safe.
Several of us involved in the friends of fletcher field learned to drive in mt olivet,and still enjoy tooling about the grounds
As for your last name, I went to lynch grade school in the 60s with a william kaminski, any relation? you can email me at jmorey9068@yahoo.com
Heh
Oh, yes there are people with cockroaches as pets.
Maybe not here in det, but check this out:
hissing cockroach pet on youtube.
Ick.
Heh
I'm pretty sure she was joking... though there probably are people weird enough 'round here to consider cockroaches pets.
Roaches
Jeez, are you really this unfamiliar with life in the city?
Normally crazy
Mr. B.,
What are we to make of a city where simply banning fans from attending a high school football game is not sufficient to deter violence? The game must be moved? And surrounded by a cordon of policemen? That is just nuts, crazy, off scale insane.
Years ago one of the Chiefs of the Detroit PD, on his way out, said (paraphrasing) that "The whole idea of normal in Detroit has got to change. What people here think of as normal is not normal at all. Until people see their normal as unacceptable, the police cannot do much" His word were eloquent in a way that I am not, but you get the picture.
From the bottom to the top, from the streetlights that are out in entire districts of the city, to the woeful, filthy, poorly administered schools to the unkempt parkland, violent citizens and criminal members of government. I could go on. Normal in Detroit is steady deterioration of every notion of pleasant civilization, with no end in sight.
I am so sorry for the poor people and their families who are caught up in this malestrom. All they can do is leave as soon as possible, and leave every bit of the City behind.
Brian Reilly
Detroit: Sorry we're closed!
I am a lifelong Detroiter and downtown dweller. I've also had the opportunity to travel abroad and domestically for the last 15 years. It is not at all unusual (Detroit or elsewhere)for retail, restaurants, museums, etc. to be closed on Monday's. Most often, businesses are open on Saturday's and therefore Sunday and Monday makeup for their "weekend". This is most often true with Spa's and Beauty Salons as well.
I recently called to place a carryout order at one of my favorite Detroit restaurants (El Barzon.......the best!) and quickly realized that no one was picking up because........IT WAS MONDAY! Dang it! Ah well! I soon had that smile back on my face because......tomorrow was Tuesday!
Way to play, Diana
Well-done and well-told, you imaginative thinker!
You're such a romantic, in the urban as well as personal sense -- and may well be onto a hometown getaway idea that's contagious.
"An exuberance you can't quite put your finger on" is a stirring way to describe the sense many of us get now and again . . . on the Riverwalk, at festivals, at new restaurants . . . and hopefully the kind of jolt we'll feel more regularly as other "what if" plans become real.
Your man is lucky. Your readers, too.
Detroit: Sorry, we're closed!
Just a little information from a native Detroiter, born and bred. The main library is always closed on Mondays. Why, because national holidays such as MLK day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, etc which the library would have to close for, always fall on Mondays. I wouldn't be surprised if Museums were the same. Try going Tuesdays through Saturday.
A glorious walk through downtown
Yes, Diana, things are looking brighter in Detroit. Now, if we can translate all of this good stuff downtown to all of the neighborhoods, that'll be another big step up. Hurray!
Gourmet Farmers Market
Thanks for the info on Wayne State Farmers Market.
I'm involved in a one-time event called the Gourmet Farmers Market. While it's not in Detroit, it will appeal to foodies. It's on September 13th at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor.
More info:
http://www.GourmetFarmersMarket.com/
Cheers!
Dan
What's Israel got to do with it?
Here's some info on that protest you saw last night by the State Fair. It was a wierd sight, wasn't it?
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/990829/
and
http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/index.php?mod=article&cat=Community&article=1352
Nardin Park
I've always been impressed with the park you highlighted in this post. I didn't realize it was called Nardin Park. A light went on over my head... Nardin Park Church is in Farmington Hills. Here's a link to their history page.
http://www.nardinpark.org/about/history.htm
I would love to see photos of that area from 60 or 70 years ago.
