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Category Archives: Tales from the Road
Nothing So Magic as Mackinac
Mackinac Island is a special place, beyond the fudge and the Grand Hotel (although those add to its joy), to be avoided in the summer months overrun with mobs of tourists. May on the Island is lovely and fresh, but … Continue reading
Michiana Girl Goes Home
The madness was increasing, the pressure growing. No time, no time, and I had been hearing the clarion for weeks. I had not seen the Lake in too long. There was a little space of time to get away between … Continue reading
Tales from the Road: The Lake and Leopold, Part 1
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
Posted in On the Road Less Taken..., Tales from the Road, The Wonder of It All
Tagged history, Lake Michigan, preservation, road trip, Wisconsin
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Tales from the Road: ‘Round the Lake, Part 4
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
Tales from the Road: ‘Round the Lake, Part 3
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
Tales from the Road: ‘Round the Lake, Part 2
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
Posted in On the Road Less Taken..., Tales from the Road, The Wonder of It All
Tagged Lake Michigan, Michigan, New Deal, nostalgia, roadside attractions
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Tales from the Road: ‘Round the Lake, Part 1
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
GJ in LA, or a Midwest Girl in LaLaLand
Last fall I embarked on a plane to Los Angeles. We won’t go into my fear of flying. I had not been in a plane in 30 years. The experience has changed, to put it mildly. What passes for first … Continue reading
Posted in Country Girl in the City, Tales from the Road
Tagged architecture, hollywood, los angeles, nostalgia
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Preservation Tales: “Progress” Goes Before a Fall
“It’s a historical building, but I guess it’s progress,” said Marv Blessing, an alumnus of Pine Village High School, in a recent interview with IndyStar. After decades of work in historic preservation, little pains me more than this continuing assertion … Continue reading
Posted in On the Road Less Taken..., Preservation Tales, Tales from the Road, The Past is Ever Present...
Tagged historic architecture, Hoosier basketball, New Deal, Pine Village IN, WPA
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