http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:50:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_318215016.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_318215016.html The approach of the holidays means baking, shopping and reconnecting. How about adding volunteering or giving to the Christmas list? Local agencies need assistance with a variety of Thanksgiving and Christmas projects, and there are plenty of ways to chip in. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:50:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_318215024.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_318215024.html George Stamatakis is a session musician in Los Angeles. Nikiforos "Nik" Stamatakis is a software engineer in New York. Together the brothers developed the OctoPod audio recording application for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:34:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_317133431.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_317133431.html If you've developed an application for the iPhone, let us know. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:50:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_318215035.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_318215035.html The "Give It Away Now" food drive, spearheaded by the Life Teen Underground Youth Group, provided an opportunity for two local parishes to work together as one Catholic family to feed the hungry in the community. (Plus more good news from around the region.) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:50:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_318215046.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_318215046.html I noticed stuff -- little things, really -- during our early October New York adventure that are worth mentioning. Jenny and I had flown there when she was 10, to learn French. I'd noticed her aptitude for picking up languages, and felt the time was right. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:50:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_318215054.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_318215054.html The wind is blowing from the right direction this morning. I sit with my back against a white oak tree and watch as first light begins to show on the horizon. It is a cold, damp and a cloud-covered November morning. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:50:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_318215058.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_318215058.html Writing workshop Friday at NMC; Lighthouse keepers wanted in N'port; Local author pens action thriller; Recognizable places in story collection Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:15:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_312081615.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_312081615.html America's last surviving World War I veteran is 108. World War II veterans are dying at the rate of more than 1,000 a day. And Vietnam War veterans now are collecting Social Security benefits. If ever there was a need to keep their stories alive, it's now. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:15:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_312081624.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_312081624.html Karen and Kerry Ferguson traveled around the world to complete their family. In 2001, the Traverse City couple adopted daughter Ru, 9, from China when she was 10 months old. In October, they left for China to adopt another girl, 5 1/2-year-old MeiLin Xue. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:15:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_312081638.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_312081638.html The phone rings. You recognize the voice as your nephew's. He's calling from Canada, where he says he's been on a fishing trip with some buddies. They've unwittingly caught fish on tribal land and have been arrested by authorities there. Then wants to know if you can help by wiring him money. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:15:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_312081652.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_312081652.html Sigh ... Friday morning, true to form, smack in the middle of Manhattan, I managed an absolutely splendiferous faux pas, a feat I seem to repeat with depressing frequency. Jen took us, via the underground trains, to visit Roberto at his Fifth Avenue architectural firm. We'd been promised a tour, and, as architecture and I have enjoyed a lifelong romance, this expedition was eagerly anticipated. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:15:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_312081701.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_312081701.html 'Nonnie' book wins bronze medal; Fidler presenting at library Tuesday; Part-time Omena farmer writes novel Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:51:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_304210037.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_304210037.html Outbursts. Rage. Extreme crankiness. It's the misbehaving reality television starlet, or the frustrated driver in the car next to yours. It's tennis champ Serena Williams and rapper Kanye West behaving badly. Or, maybe, it's you. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:46:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_304210032.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_304210032.html Libert, a part-time Charlevoix resident and president of Great Lakes Exploration, believes he may have located the remains of Le Griffon, a French ship that sank in 1679. If proven, the find would be a treasure of historical significance on a par with some of Columbus ships. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:00:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_304210121.html http://www.record-eagle.com/northernliving/local_story_304210121.html A bilious billboard reappeared again and again as I was ferried, via bike basket-nest all over New York. Huh. Piles of desperate people were seeking out their clinics, eliminating that worry. I bent double, speechless, convulsed with laughter, for what seemed like hours.