I am very fond of Ann Arbor; very attached to the Great Lakes region,

I'll meet with them when I get back to Ann Arbor toward the end of next week.

We didn't make shots. I give Ann Arbor credit. It's about making plays and making free throws down the stretch. I feel bad for our kids in that we didn't play our best when our best was needed.

[Urban Foresters arborist Jack Richardson, of Ann Arbor, takes another bit in the climbing rope with his feet during the secured footlock event at the Michigan Tree Climbing Championship held at Emerson Park on Saturday.] It's quiet and you're in your own little world, ... tree climber wanted.

I wonder how many times each day she dies a little.

It will never be true. Things have never been okay with us. Maybe if I'd paid attention, I would have seen that on our first few dates. Maybe I would have noticed his possessiveness; maybe I would have seen the way he wrapped around me, made me his entire world, his obsession. Maybe I would have felt the wight he placed on my shoulders, one tiny stone at a time.