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Nothing So Magic as Mackinac

Posted on October 26, 2024 by admin

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 →

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Michiana Girl Goes Home

Posted on May 29, 2024 by admin

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 →

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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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GJ in LA, or a Midwest Girl in LaLaLand

Posted on March 13, 2023 by admin

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 →

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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 FOUR

Posted on March 30, 2022 by admin

My last day on the road, like the three previous, dawned beautifully sunny and pleasant.  I was ready to take on the Alleghenies! This time in daylight! I headed west back to Schellsburg, where I passed the grocery that had … Continue reading →

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Preservation Tales: I Thought This Was Saved!

Posted on March 22, 2022 by admin

Collier Lodge I first learned of Collier Lodge, originally built deep in the Kankakee Marsh along the river of that name, back in the 1990s at a historic preservation conference in South Bend. A fellow from Porter County gave a … Continue reading →

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