All the News That's Fit to Post about Chelsea, Michigan
Longtime Chelsea Update readers know I am a huge fan of hummingbirds. A good portion of my Sylvan Township garden is planted for them with flowers that they like, but not necessarily that I like. In addition, I hang hummingbird … Read more
(Publisher’s note: For something happy and fun … this is the first of a few columns about Buzz and Aidan’s sniffing adventures. ) Before my retina detached in April, and after private lessons, and a couple months of hiding little … Read more
As a kid, my dad told me that when you own a house, things are always breaking. Well, when you’re adult and you’ve owned a home for almost 25 years and haven’t had to replace a whole lot of “things,” … Read more
(Chelsea Update thanks the Chelsea Community Fair Board and Staffan-Mitchell Funeral Home for some of the information for this story.) Longtime Chelsea Community Fair board member Lloyd A. Grau, 85, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2022. And fair won’t … Read more
As we get closer and closer to Christmas and the start of 2022, Buzz has been bugging me – nonstop, actually – to take some time away from this laptop. So, I’m obliging him. I’ll be taking some time off … Read more
All good things must come to an end – in this case, Buzz’s 2021 dog show season. And what a fun (and successful) summer and fall it was. To finish it out, we traveled to one of our favorite venues … Read more
Readers have been wondering what’s up with Buzz and why I haven’t written many dog columns lately. Well, the short answer is – this pandemic, and the long answer is – this pandemic. It put a lid on safely attending … Read more
Since earlier this year when Buzz received mail from the American Kennel Club recognizing his RACH, or Rally Champion status, I took some time off from training and dog showing and did a lot of thinking about what we should … Read more
Some of you may know that I became a journalist because I wanted to be a sports writer. Other people think it was because I was in college at U-M during the Watergate era and wanted to be an investigative … Read more
The Chelsea Rotary Club asked me to speak to them this week about Chelsea Update – a topic about which I’m pretty passionate and rather well versed. In addition, Buzz and I will be “performing” rally obedience later this month … Read more