WHAT CONTINUES TO AMAZE ME is the beauty I see each day as I work around Lake Bluff Preserve, our group rental properties just north of F...

IT SEEMS THAT MOSTLY women and older men are wearing masks these days in my little lakeside village, now three months into this pandemic....

LAST YEAR I HAD THE PLEASURE OF CORRESPONDING with the past president of the Society of Golf Course Architects, Mr. Greg Martin. This was...

I LIVE IN A SMALL THREE STORY LOFT in Beulah, Michigan. It sits on the edge of the quaint village overlooking the eastern shore of Crysta...

OUR RATHER COLD WEATHER IS TO PERSIST well into mid-May. This is probably a good thing, as this has been a "stay at home" spring with the...

MY YEAR-ROUND ACTIVITIES include visiting a couple of our libraries each month that are scattered in the towns and villages around Crysta...

I AM WAITING IN ANTICIPATION for the easing of restrictions around the Covid-19 pandemic that has prevented me from participating in some...

WITH OUR STAY AT HOME ORDER IN PLACE I approached Easter a little differently this year opting for a Ham, Cheese, Potato and Spinach Frit...

MRS. STALEY WAS MY LEAST FAVORITE CHILDHOOD SITTER. She must be rolling in her grave with excitement now that our country has discovered ...

THIS WEEK A FACEBOOK TWEET ANNOUNCED the return of the Sandhill Cranes. They had returned from their winter migration back to the Arcadia...

LIKE MOST OF US, I am following the mandates from our governmental officials in dealing with this pandemic and have become more acclimate...

I HAVEN’T DONE A RECIPE FOR MONTHS ON MY BLOG. I’ve sequestered myself in my little loft because of some virus that might get me, and dec...

DO YOU RECALL WHEN FRIENDS would remark that an item they admired, or more often wore, came from Paris, or London? Those days are mostly ...

I LEARNED TODAY OF THE DEATH of Kirk Douglas. He was 103. In the eyes of many he lived an exemplary life. I remember his cleft chin from ...

IT HAD BEEN SIX YEARS since my last visit to the Western Ave Grill in Glen Arbor. The idea of having a Friday get together came from an i...

MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW HAS A BLOG named Hello Adams Family. She has tens of thousands of followers and is a leading lifestyle"influencer" in ...

I REALIZE A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF US count our daily blessings, at least the people I hang out with do. Being thankful for the gifts given i...

FLY FISHING HAD PASSED ME BY MOST MY LIFE. But late this fall, after reading a couple books and watching an Orvis video, I was inspired t...

THE FAMILIAR A&W SIGN at the corner of M-22 and M-115 in the port city of Frankfort served as a beacon last week when it seemed to lure m...

I’M VISITING STARBUCK'S FIRST CORPORATE STORE IN TRAVERSE CITY. The place just opened to great fanfare and is it ever packed. Its interio...