![Raise A Glass On 3-13: Call It National Vernors Day](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/crop-vernors_0663-470x140.jpg)
Just about everyone from the Detroit area has memories of growing up with Vernors—sipping it warm to soothe an upset stomach, or as an ice…
![Time to Catch the Butterflies](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/crop.Meijer.P1270466-470x140.jpg)
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids is one of my favorite places to visit in any season. The 158-acre indoor/outdoor wonderland of…
![Michigan Presidents Day Trivia](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/mold-Lincoln-_9186-470x140.jpg)
What’s in the water in Ohio that it is the home of eight U.S. Presidents? Michigan claims just one Commander in Chief: Gerald R. Ford,…
![Get to Know the Secret Upper Peninsula!](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/heart-chair-mackinac-island.P1130754-470x140.jpg)
Hello: The list or retail outlets will be updated as I receive information on which stores are carrying my new book, “Secret Upper Peninsula.” If…
![Park Your Art](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/crop-birch-trees.P1070431-470x140.jpg)
For centuries artists have interpreted the natural beauty of America’s wild and remote places, and creative folks are encouraged to continue that tradition through more…
!["We Are Holding Our Own"](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/crop.Edmund-Fitzgerald-model-Dossin.P1040535-470x140.jpg)
On a stormy November evening 43 years ago, the crew of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, 29 men who thought they were on the last run of the season,…
![Hot On Accordion](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/crop.accordion.seattle.P1100975-470x140.jpg)
June is National Accordion Awareness Month, and if you’re asking why this musical instrument needs an awareness month, you’ve just answered your own question. You…
![The Scoop on Kath's Books About the U.P.](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/crop-beach_5789-470x140.jpg)
1. Scroll down and read on if you are an inquiring mind interested in the background of the books. 2. Click here if you want…
![Now I Gotta Promote Dem Dere Books](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/toast-470x140.jpg)
Researching, taking the pictures, writing and editing 100 Things to Do in the Upper Peninsula Before You Die, 100 Things to Do on Mackinac Island Before…