Thomas Springer

Author of two Michigan Notable Book essay collections “Looking for Hickories” and “The Star in the Sycamore.” With tweets, I write with smoke in the sky.

[Thomas Springer @tomspringer425]

@keeper_orchard I took Berry to mean that I should plant on my land hickory, burr oak, white oak, red oak and sugar maples. For no particular gain other than to let them grow. It's been 30 years and the healing they've brought to worn out farm ground has been solution enough.

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@MCosovich @DrHelenFry That only makes sense if you serve the Master of all Lies like Goebbels did.

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@NoahSabich You're both in my prayers, Noah. All the best to you for a full recovery.

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@AfFrontiersman That maniacal grin would scare anyone to death. Wonder why gave him a commission?

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@JcScharl Whoever has to vaccuum the room after the party -- which would include the perfectly beshatted corner -- would know soon enough.

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@PeterMeijer I hear that Four Seasons Total Landscaping is now booking events of all political stripes. Rudy will moderate for a modest honorarium.

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@catismom @TracesofTexas I thought exactly the same thing. Usually, the times that people live in dictate how they look in a distinct way. Not her -- she could pass for the 2020s.

[Marc Ryan @MarcRyanOnAir]

It’s amazing how great life can be when you remove toxic energy.

The Tigers are fun again! #DNMW

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@PatrickHeizer Thank you, Patrick. I work in communications, and whenever people complain about cost increases -- "Well, I bought a Toyota sedan for $10K in the 90s!" -- I'll use the adjusted for inflation number for context. And yes, it upsets people ... wet blanket, moi.

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@scumbag_unit Coastal elite, here. That coast being the one between southern Michigan and northern Indiana. She has a Michigan twang of some sort, but it seems like more of a personal than regional inflection.

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@PatrickHeizer I wonder how the workers' pay compares to private grocery stores. Is that 30 percent lower, too?

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@Wagner_History This isn't about all the horrors that were visited upon the 50 million who died in World War II. It's the story of one man extending grace that was neither earned nor deserved.

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@BowmanOutside Dale, I doubt she would begrudge you that first one. But I did pick the first pea pods for my wife, since she likes them best. Happy tomato season!

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@PansyHoneyBee @timecaptales They're trying to look like Sioux warriors, I suppose. Whatever it takes, if you can channel that strength and courage from the Great Plains to the killing fields of France.

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@wartirnes Looks like they used a flamethrower on his bunker. It's a horrible way to die, or if you survive, endure the severe burns it inflicted. But even in war, mercy can fall like a gentle rain where it's needed most.

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@PatrickHeizer If you grill with wood, a few handfuls of those chips on the fire will impart some lovely taste to anything that's meat.

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@RobRedies @dannydHRs I agree. Sounds like some low-key golf announcer whispering about a put on the back 9. But I love Dan Dickerson's work, and respect him for not faking it.

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@ben_wnc Saguaro you doin' these days?

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@EODHappyCaptain So whoever took your money essentially said, "Bye, Bye, CPT American Pie ..."