Category Archives: The Wonder of It All

Tales from the Road: The Lake and Leopold, Part 2

Posted on December 25, 2023 by admin

After a night at cheap chain motel in Appleton, Wisconsin, having descended from Door County the evening before, I was off to Baraboo, a little over a hundred miles on winding roads through the heart of the state. The day … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Road: The Lake and Leopold, Part 1

Posted on October 22, 2023 by admin

So I had finally made a journey around Lake Michigan, and it was wonderful. But owing to insufficient time, not to mention the rain my last day out, I had missed a lot of the “wrong side”–that is, Wisconsin. I … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Road: ‘Round the Lake, Part 4

Posted on September 5, 2023 by admin

So I awoke on yet another gorgeous fall day rather far–well, perhaps 5 miles–from the Lake, but in a beautiful old farmhouse rehabbed and enlarged by my friend, a colleague from long ago, and his wife. After some bracing coffee … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Road: ‘Round the Lake, Part 3

Posted on August 9, 2023 by admin

I seldom see sunrises or anything close, but my motel window facing Moran Bay glowed with the dawn. I dressed and walked down to Lake Huron but I could hear Lake Michigan beckoning, whispering seductively in the morning breezes. After … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Road: ‘Round the Lake, Part 2

Posted on July 1, 2023 by admin

I left the edge of Manistee with a supply of muffins and fruit from the continental breakfast provided at the cheapish chain motel. The Lake was calling! It was a beautiful morning; I headed north on M-22, up and down … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Road: ‘Round the Lake, Part 1

Posted on May 5, 2023 by admin

For years I have been wanting to drive all the way around Lake Michigan, exploring. Never enough time. And this journey, along with my truncated excursions on the Lincoln Highway, tells me that I must make the time–while I can. … Continue reading →

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Running North to Save My Soul

Posted on October 11, 2022 by admin

So last week I ran away for a day. To Michigan. Just because I needed to visit my heart’s home, the Lake. If it is only for a day I usually end up in the vicinity of South Haven and … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Road: The Lincoln Highway in Illinois

Posted on May 11, 2022 by admin

Sometimes I just have to run off. And so, even though I had done little preparation, I headed out to hit the Lincoln Highway in Illinois. Actually, full disclosure, my original plan was to do Illinois and Iowa, but fate … Continue reading →

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On the Road Again: In Search of the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania, Part THREE

Posted on March 5, 2022 by admin

As it grew light I was eager to leave the charmless motel outside of Trenton, with its broken security lock and lack of any coffee anywhere. Having determined the first day of this adventure that I could not make New … Continue reading →

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A Cacophony of Cranes: A Symphony in Three Parts

Posted on October 11, 2016 by admin

Part 1                             The wonder of the earth fills my soul.  Ritual interactions with seasonal events are not to be missed.  And so, every fall for many years … Continue reading →

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