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…
Some kids grow up to be firemen, some become ballerinas. Others own and operate their own copper mine and tours. Matthew and Victoria Portfleet earned…
Worn—but gleaming—wooden floors, workhorse elevators and the exposed structural elements of an industrial building reveal the manufacturing past of the sturdy, four-story structure known as…
My oh my, we love these pies! I’d heard about the cute, retro pie shop north of Lansing and the perky, pearl-wearing Linda Hundt behind…
Tim Dixon was a carpenter and developer, not a hotelier, when he bought a century-old brick building alongside the railroad tracks in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point district….
This is a great, hearty bread that I make many times a year. It’s simple and has got to be good for you. And, it…
Cranberry season is here, and I’m happy to tell you about a great recipe I made a while ago when my brother Dennis and I…
Tahquamenon Falls are still flowing the Ojibway Maiden’s root beer tears. I hadn’t seen the falls in their tannin-colored glory in a few years, so…
