Musician, historian, continental glaciologist. Folk-singer Lee Murdock, geology degree in one hand and guitar in the other, preserves and performs songs of the Great Lakes—the…
How are those New Year’s resolutions working out for you? If you’re ready to break your promise about sticking with healthier foods—or perhaps, to practice the…
In my crisscrossing of the state I’d never visited the village of Elsie, a dairy area not far from Ovid (a more familiar landmark might…
Planning to work in your yarden and need flowers, herbs or other plants so you can build your own Michelle Obama kitchen garden? Looking to eat…
If you’re looking for one book to help you understand the Great Lakes, spend some time with The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of…
Just my luck. I finally found the neighborhood bar of my dreams, and it’s not in my neighborhood. O’Duffy’s Pub is the kind of joint where…
Taste the tropics at Frita Batidos, which dishes a dash of Cuban street food in Ann Arbor. The informal restaurant is the creation of Eve Aronoff, a…
You don’t have to be a protester rallying for a cause or a grade school student on a class field trip to walk the marble…
It seemed like a good idea at the time: swing through Lansing for breakfast en route from our home in the 313 to Blue Skies,…
When did pieces of my past become museum material? On a tour of the Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing I saw the Mackinac Bridge souvenir tray that’s pictured…
