http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/RicMarion/ Life is not about the number of breaths we take, but about the number of times that it takes your breath away. en-us 2009-11-05T14:17:30+00:00 Publishers Marketplace Ric Marion hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/images/PM_rssimg.gif http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/RicMarion/index.html#20091105091711 November 5 9am 37 degrees - clear blue Michigan sky, the leaves have pretty much relocated to the yard, breeze is cold not chilly, winter feels as if it could come at any time. Work goes well - writing is still struggling. Bloggers seem less likely to blog on a daily basis - too many other things happening, I guess. My kids are telling me if I want to keep track of them, I need to go on facebook. Good Grief, another thing to waste time on? Apparently, I have little to contribute this ... Ric Marion 2009-11-05T14:17:11+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/RicMarion/index.html#20090914102542 September 14 10am 70 degrees - clear blue Michigan sky - been clear for the past two weeks, no rain, just bountiful sunshine. Flowers are drying up, river has dropped to 8 inches or so, mosquitoes are finally dropping off a bit. What have I been doing? Labor Day Saturday on the lake, Detroit Shock game where my wife was accosted by the mascot, Zap. Attended a wedding for the neighbor kid on Saturday, a lot of US Open tennis, working in the yard, and such. Blogs have been quiet - as if ... Ric Marion 2009-09-14T14:25:42+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/RicMarion/index.html#20090814101650 August 14 10am 67 degrees - warm day coming, close to 90 for the weekend. Water is slowly going down - from 8 feet down to 3 or 4, my property is reappearing, albeit with a patina of wet soggy river water leavings. Been a decent week, sales moving right along. Yesterday, delivered special Lapeer Days placemats to 6 restaurants in five towns. More today. Such fun. No decision on whether we'll go to Lapeer Days or not next week. Middle son is personal assistant to Hooper - the Detroit ... Ric Marion 2009-08-14T14:16:50+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/RicMarion/index.html#20090802094830 September 2 9am 48 degrees, clear blue Michigan sky, lovely stretch of weather this week, cold nights (started a fire last night, low 40's), days are getting warmer - long sleeve, but the sun is wonderful. Weekend Alan projects - drain the hot water heater - the overflow vent was dripping water - benefit? Stopped the leak and the hot water is much hotter now. Cleaned the furnace and the heater in my office - vacuuming getting ready for winter, though the wife says the little electric ... Ric Marion 2009-08-02T13:48:30+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/RicMarion/index.html#20090713102033 July 13 10am 69 degrees - clear blue Michigan sky - gorgeous day. Had a busy weekend - friends, family and lots and lots of food. Now, in recovery mode as we try to get the week started. Stars were beautiful last night, glory in the heavens, Reunion yesterday with wife's cousins - in this recession, life is hard - seeing cousins our age, and the way their lives turned out, makes one wonder whether it was their personalities or the world they inhabit that is responsible for their current ... Ric Marion 2009-07-13T14:20:33+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/RicMarion/index.html#20090622080346 June 22 8am 64 degrees - clear blue Michigan sky, perfect summer day - going to 85 later, birds singing, dew heavy Going to take a couple days to get this whole marvelous weekend into focus. It was a helluva party, yes it was. Today, driving to Caseville (about 60 miles) to spend the day with my brothers and their families - one more vacation day before getting back to work. Have two sons with us, so it should be extra fun. Golfing with my brothers on Thursday was great, as usual. Time ... Ric Marion 2009-06-22T12:03:46+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/RicMarion/index.html#20090522091347 May 22 9am 57 degrees - clouding up, we've lost the 85+ we've enjoyed for the past three days. Absolutely summerlike. I shut the furnace off. Dogwood in full bloom, lilacs all around the house, giving off their wonderful aroma. My business has gone nuts. It is growing on itself. I am now carving out extra hours every day trying to keep up - those were the same hours that I used to use for writing when I could find them, now, I can't even find them anymore. But, on the other hand, there is ... Ric Marion 2009-05-22T13:13:47+00:00