Flint Expatriates
Monday, April 13, 2020

Come what may, this is where we'll remain, in this world with one moon

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Just finished Haruki Murakami's 1Q84, which I guess is my official coronavirus novel. Started it when things were normal, chopped u...
Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Flint and Michigan's Bellwether 5th District

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Not an endorsement, just an analysis of Flint's Congressional district as the Michigan primary unfolds: "Finally, if it’s a bellw...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Flint, Meet Murakami

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Sound familiar? "The town was home to many kinds of people. In the eighteen years I lived there I learned a great deal. My emo...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Flint Water Crisis: From Homes to Schools

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Erica L. Green of The New York Times reports : Five years  after Michigan switched Flint’s water supply to the lead-saturated Flint Rive...
Monday, October 7, 2019

The Rusty Nail

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I've been waiting for this one. An exterior shot of the dearly departed Rusty Nail, courtesy of Jar With Most , in 1982. 1 1/2 oz wh...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Mark Perry, R.I.P.

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Mark Richard Perry, 62, of Traverse City, passed away Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019 at Munson Medical Center. Mark was born July 23, 1957 in Fli...
Sunday, August 4, 2019

Flint Photos: Paul's Pipe Shop

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Dan Spaniola, the son of the late Paul Spaniola, owner of Paul’s Pipe Shop, in downtown Flint. (Photo by roving reporter Bernard Rosenberg...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

The Rosenberg Chronicles: Mama Rose by Bernard Rosenberg

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Rose Barnett was my grandmother on my father’s side. Known to me as “Mama Rose,” she was always kind to me. As an adolescent, ...

Flint Artifacts: Health Guarded Child Button

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Monday, July 29, 2019

The Rosenberg Chronicles: The Fruit House by Bernard Rosenberg

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Bernard Rosenberg It is not easy for me to go back to the Rosenberg Fruit House. I have no pictures of it, no friend...
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