IT’S BEEN 60 YEARS SINCE I last read Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I remember small bits about the book, but it is turning...

IT TOOK AN ARTICLE IN THE WSJ to perk my curiosity about culinary uses for wild Staghorn Sumac. I have never used the spice but was...

MY GRANDFATHER WAS A CORPORATE LAWYER who worked for Domino Sugar for over thirty years ending his career as vice chairman of the...

THIS PHOTO OF MY YOUNGEST SON and his family makes me smile. Thankfully he got someone to snap a photo over in Wisconsin picking...

OFTEN I USE THE SENSE OF SMELL to help unearth a particular setting in my writing. It seems to help stimulate my recall and adds to the...

VERY DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE here in northern Michigan at the beginning of July. Over the years I’ve watched the weather quite faithfully...

A DEEPER APPRECIATION OF OUR UNIVERSE came to me the other morning quite by surprise. I was driving my car heading to the golf course and...

IT IS FATHER’S DAY WEEK. As I expected, morning TV shows are featuring chubby middle-aged men in flowered shirts donning rubberized...

IT’S BEEN TEN YEARS since I published my memoirs. My overriding motivation back then was figuring out how to turn years of storytelling...

I’VE BEEN HELPING MY GIRLFRIEND plant her annual spring garden. This past week we became so excited to see ferns emerging from last...

ASPARAGUS ARE POPPING THROUGH THE GROUND this week in NW Michigan. Our region has several farms that are devoted to these springtime...

IT IS EARLY MAY and chilly weather continues its strong grip on the region. Undaunted by this slow start to nicer weather, I’m preparing...

THE CHEF AND AUTHOR Abra Berens resides in Three Oaks, Michigan where she serves as executive chef/principal for Granor Farms a southwest...

IT IS EARLY APRIL and the first greenhouse plants I purchased this spring were pansies. They have those happy faces that announce warmer...

I AM ENJOYING LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD OF MUSHROOMS. The pizza in the above photo has four types of gourmet mushrooms that I fashioned...

RECENTLY I’VE BECOME FASCINATED BY MICROGREENS. Last week I was treated to some radish greens featuring pink stems that topped my...

I HAVE BEEN BUYING BOUQUETS OF TULIPS each week hoping that their presence will energize the larger universe to get its act together and...

I’VE PLEDGED TO IMPROVE MY FLEXIBILITY in my shoulders especially for the up-and-coming golf season. It seems like a reasonable...

I WAS WATCHING A GOLF TOURNAMENT on TV a few weeks ago known as the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. I reflected on my first and only trip to...

FEBRUARY IS A MONTH of many earthly changes. The cold and dark days of January are in the past and we are now heading to longer daylight...