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Last week, after 15 years of fundraising and restoration, the 1842 Dougherty Mission House on Old Mission Peninsula, a major historical structure, was opened to the public. That event provides an opportunity to put Dougherty’s missionary activity into context.
Nothing grabs my attention more than the sound of nothing at all. Not that I have become a hermit, lost my hearing or have forgotten to pay the cable bill; rather I’m becoming a bigger and bigger fan of silence.
BAY VIEW — Even the smallest change has to begin somewhere.
Life goes hand-in-hand with little irritations. You deal with them and move on, because what’s a little irritation compared to a true crisis like cancer or losing a job?
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Gospel meetings
EMPIRE — The legend always left Katharine Crawford Robey a bit downhearted.
TRAVERSE CITY — When Scott and Ellen Gravelies' neighbor called to ask about the dog he’d seen hanging around, they didn’t know what he was talking about.
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Editor's note: Road Trip is a monthly travel series by northern Michigan journalists Dave and Jeanne Barber. The series takes regional readers on easy, one-day road trips to visit Michigan museums, parks, nature sites, businesses and festivals, including many of the state's “hidden gems.”
Road Trip is a monthly travel series by northern Michigan journalists Dave and Jeanne Barber. The series takes regional readers on easy, one-day road trips to visit Michigan museums, parks, nature sites, businesses and festivals, including many of the state's “hidden gems.”
I changed my look last month. I started wearing a construction hard hat. Early one afternoon I carted a load of firewood down to Stone Circle. When I stepped out of my pickup, I heard a loud, screeching sound above my head.
Have you ever noticed that it’s really hard to change? There are a number of reasons for this — your brain gets hardwired, we like habits, we want to predict the future so we stick with what we know — but it’s actually far more simple than these answers given by neuroscience.
I got a strange thing in the mail a couple of weeks ago.
TRAVERSE CITY — Rich Powell buys a new set of shoes every 400 miles.
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FRANKFORT — The Green Team got plants into the ground for the first time last week under a cloudless blue sky.
Vacation Bible School
SUTTONS BAY — The sounds of ropes slapping the sails and waves splashing against the hull of the Inland Seas schooner were all that could be heard as a class of fourth-graders fell silent and pretended they were sailing in the 1800s.
Senator hosts coffee hour
Some people just try too hard to use “good” English, by which they mean a system of rules that establish lines that should not be crossed just like those indicated by speed limits. If you go faster than the posted limit, you are doing something wrong. Similarly, if you utter a word or phrase…
“Don’t get too excited,” said Elk Rapids Cinema owner Joe Yuchasz.
TRAVERSE CITY — Answer: Grace Community Birth Center, a Traverse City nonprofit working to construct a birth center in Grand Bassin, Haiti.
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If you’re squeamish about bodily functions — human or pet — you might want to skip this.
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BENZONIA — Ned Edwards has called Beulah home for almost 30 years now. But even before moving to the area in the 1990s, Edwards, 85, summered in northern Michigan for decades. Though he attended college and divinity school elsewhere, he and his wife retired to the area.
BUCKLEY — Joe and Shirley Schichtel set up their tree farm and vineyard in southern Grand Traverse County with the goal to minimize their impact on the environment.
“Too bad you can't exercise. At least you're a spectator,” said the stranger, a runner, at the recent Bayshore Marathon.
MANCELONA — An Antrim County veteran’s meeting with a mortician to discuss pre-planning funeral arrangements turned into funeral planning for four other men.
Used to be that I thought of nostalgia as something you catch when you're older, like saggy knees and the desire to sit endlessly in lawn chairs. Ahhh, but those were the good ol' days.
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Local lodge places at convention
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TRAVERSE CITY — Alex Hawke was more a goofy little brother than coworker.
TRAVERSE CITY — When Hannah Beard, 23, was a senior in high school she had to pick a career to go alongside her name in the yearbook.
According to my wife, I make the world’s best cup of coffee.
SUTTONS BAY — It was fitting that Chris Gee marked an important health milestone earlier this month by releasing live butterflies.
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We all hate being sick.
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Edsons receive award
TRAVERSE CITY — Elizabeth Robbins beamed with pride as her son accepted his diploma — a moment only beat moments after, when the 55-year-old, after years of work, accepted her own.
Ralph Waldo Emerson proclaimed that because our eyes are in our forehead not our hindhead, we should look ahead. It has been two months since my wife died, but I am finding it difficult to follow that advice.
Colorful flowers burst forth in the Logo Garden and green grass carpets the ground: Summer has arrived at Traverse City’s Open Space park. By fall, thousands of people will have gathered at this bayside haven, savoring a peaceful break from their everyday worlds.
I spent a lot of time growing up in what would become a ghost town. My Grandpa and Grandma Helmboldt were both born in Park Lake, and lived there until old age. It’s where this month’s “Nightmare” poem took place.
Editor's Note: Road Trip is a new, monthly travel series by northern Michigan journalists Dave and Jeanne Barber. The series takes regional readers on easy, one-day road trips to visit Michigan museums, parks, nature sites, businesses and festivals, including many of the state's "hidden gems."
When you see it, you can’t unsee it. It is literally everywhere. I’ll tell you what I’m talking about in a second.
TRAVERSE CITY — His first attempt wasn't a success.
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