Tag: hockey

• The 67 Debacle

  So much action happens in the game what with players racing from one end of the ice rink to the other, stopping on a dime, changing directions, fights, and goals all of this on a thin piece of sharp metal.

  jimberly

  April 8, 2020

  emotion, hockey, michigan, miscellaneous, short stories, slice of life

  cbc, dallas, economics, fun detroit, hockey, ice rink, new jersey, oregon, portland, the cup, The Stanley Cup

• Hurray!

    My neighbors to the north HAPPY CANADA DAY!  Home to the coolest game on Earth, Banff, Vancouver, and Lake Louise, I am glad you are on our border.

  jimberly

  July 1, 2016

  Categories, hockey, miscellaneous, travel, Uncategorized

  canada, hockey, michigan, personal, travel

• What I like or Love, a many splendored thing

  Here we go:   Writing The shine and feel of native copper nuggets passing over and between my fingers. Wind rustling leaves The warmth of the sun as it emerges from behind clouds Geography, particular desert. Space exploration Breathing the freshest most vitalizing air on earth The Erie Canal The psychological affect of gardening Physical…

  jimberly

  June 24, 2016

  Categories, miscellaneous, Uncategorized

  #everydayinspiration, california, canada, copper, essay, hockey, keweenaw, michigan

• Mechanically Dismayed

  The following anecdote played out in numerous scenes from early February to mid-April 2015 teaching me about patience and mechanical things.  I compressed the story to keep the reader from falling asleep.   Cruising 60 mph down State Highway 14 in Washington State on my way to work in St. Johns, Oregon crashing cymbals, kettledrums,…

  jimberly

  July 19, 2015

  michigan, miscellaneous, travel

  car, ford, galaxie 500, hockey, pluto, vancouver, Washington State

• Connected to the Past

  The two wires pictured here are not from an old personal computer or a vintage 80s VCR no, it is of something more powerful and enduring, nostalgic:  a 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 Police Interceptor, black and chrome.  While in the process of a minor repair to the powerful 390 engine the distinctly different wires, one…

  jimberly

  March 31, 2015

  hockey, michigan, miscellaneous, travel, Uncategorized

  california, detroit, drive, essay, hockey, michigan, politics, The Stanley Cup, vacation