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Leelanau State Park Cabin Trip – Juneteenth Weekend 2025

My husband and I visited Leelanau State Park for the fourth – or fifth – time over the weekend of Juneteenth in 2025. This was the first… Read more “Leelanau State Park Cabin Trip – Juneteenth Weekend 2025”

The horse racing world is abuzz right now with the news that ALL of the horses in the 2025 Kentucky Derby are descendants of the late, great… Read more “The Only Female Horses to Ever Win the Kentucky Derby!”

I was in the basement earlier, which has kind of become my unofficial “office.” I keep my laptop down here and have a nice old dining room… Read more ““John Deer” Paid Me a Visit Today…”

I just got back from a weekend trip that involved visiting three members of my husband’s family – his parents – and his uncle. Had it not… Read more “Family Visits, Speaking “Cat,” Brain Surgery and Upcoming Camping Trips (Oh My)!”

Dear Diary – Today I did my very first online grocery order – for purposes of picking up later. We’ll be picking up our very first grocery… Read more “Bringing My Grocery Shopping Habits Into The 2020s…Also, “Cocaine Hippos””

It’s not uncommon to see black and white bumper stickers on cars emblazoned with the number 22 in Michigan: The number on the sticker refers to a… Read more “Arcadia Marsh – A Lovely Roadside Stop Along Lovely M-22”

Brought my “real” camera with me to the local biergarten last night, so I got better pics of the fledgling mourning dove brood.

Few birds are as “Pure Michigan” as mourning doves! Sure, our state bird, the robin, is great and all, but it flies south for the winter! Which…is… Read more “A Day In The Life of Fledgling Mourning Doves”