The fragrant fields are quiet now. Tractors, rakes, tedders, balers, and hay wagons will get a rest and reprieve until once again called into service. Bales of timothy are stacked to the rafters and thousands more await the arrival of boxed semi-trucks that will carry them from the Upper Peninsula […]

The bounty of nature has no limits. Along with providing fish and game as nourishment for the body, nature also provides an assortment of flora for a variety of purposes. When we think of flora, we might think of flowers and plants, but trees are plants, too, only large ones. […]

Years ago Mom often shopped at Neville’s Superette on Ashmun Street in Sault Ste. Marie, MI especially when her brother, Steve Cottelit, requested short ribs. Uncle Steve lived across the road in the home their father built. Mom prepared the meal in her home, then walked through a forest of […]

The Dancing Crane Coffee House on Lakeshore Drive in Brimley is a special place in the Upper Peninsula. When owners, Jim and Cathy LeBlanc, opened their barista coffee shop 18 years ago, it received a warm welcome from the locals. Prior to COVID-19, friends would gather to drink coffee, have […]

“My graphic design interest began when I was 13. Just for fun, I followed tutorials online and did projects for myself. So in a way, I have accidentally been training myself for an entrepreneurial job since I was just out of my pre-teens. I’m lucky I followed those tutorials and […]

I wrote Rebeka Huskey’s story four years ago. At that time it was printed in the Mackinac Journal. Some folks will remember it, but for those who didn’t see it, I’ll run it here with updates. Rebeka chose not to elaborate in great detail about the atrocities she witnessed because […]

It isn’t often a small country town is home to a world-renown author, but Pickford in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is the exception. Sue Harrison is known and loved by the locals, not just because of her fame as an internationally acclaimed author, but because she is a kind, generous, thoughtful […]

The sounds of nature are all around us. Birds call to each other, wild turkeys gobble, squirrels chatter, and crows caw. May peepers fill the night air with their own special music. Crickets sing. Wind flutters the leaves of trees in summer. Ice snaps branches in winter. Waves lap the […]