2018 Lexus RX350 F-SPORT to Boyne Mountain

2018 Lexus RX350 F-SPORT to Boyne Mountain

2018 LEXUS RX350 F-SPORT to BOYNE MOUNTAIN Road Trip Review from A Shunpiker’s Journal By Steve Purdy Detroit Editor The Auto Channel It’s time for some relaxing, solitary road therapy as I review this brash new Lexus RX 350 F-Sport on an unstructured excursion to a...
Paris to Normandy plus Oxford with Viking

Paris to Normandy plus Oxford with Viking

PARIS to NORMANDY plus OXFORD There and Back Again A Travel Narrative By Steve Purdy August 2017 DAY ONE – TRAVEL DAY After a few hours of delay at the airport at Detroit we’re headed across the big water for a long-planned Viking River Cruise from Paris to...
Fish and Eggs for Breakfast

Fish and Eggs for Breakfast

A Culinary Delight In the fall of 1968 I was 20 years old, had been in and out of college without much to show for it, and was at eminent risk of being drafted to be cannon fodder for the war in Viet Nam. With my brother Wendell’s help I found an open slot in the...
A Great Summer Storm

A Great Summer Storm

Ain’t Mother Nature grand! An intense summer storm ripped through here a couple hours ago. My pretty blonde and I were out on the deck, she petting the black cat and I putting away the leaf blower after clearing the deck of a week’s accumulation of debris. The wind...
A Day in the Life of An Auto Writer

A Day in the Life of An Auto Writer

To tell this story I must first introduce you to a charming cat and a classy automobile. Both play significant roles in this description of a summer day rich in adventure and detail that exemplifies the life of this Midwest auto writer. Dickens was a beautiful,...