A view from the Sleeping Bear Dunes When I started this blog a little more than four years ago, I was living in Virginia and yearning to...

A view of Grand Traverse Bay from the Shores My family and I spent Memorial Day weekend in Traverse City because I had the crazy idea to...

Three new collections of poetry by Michiganders “Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and wai...

A view from Presque Isle Presque Isle in Marquette is not an island. It's almost an island. Or is it more than an island? ...

Marquette Harbor Light Sometimes the best way to see a city or new locale is to go for an early morning run. With only a few cars going ...

Hills Point Docking's boathouse from the beach at Hills Point Resort The Les Cheneaux Islands are one of my favorite spots in Michig...

Lake Michigan and the South Haven Lighthouse This past weekend, my wife, Allison, and I visited South Haven for a quick vacation. Sout...

Summer is here. Even the upper reaches of the U.P. are seeing temperatures in the 70s and 80s. It's time to take advantage of the...

Director Edd Benda's first feature film,  Superior,  opens in Calumet, Michigan, in 1969. With two weeks left in the summer, Charlie and...

Pictured Rocks Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior stretches from Grand Marais in the east to Munising in ...

Grand Marais beach with the giant dunes on the horizon During my recent visit to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, I repeatedly asked m...

Dear Great Lakes,  I underestimated you. Lake Superior I grew up loving the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. I lived in a little beach...