When the Albino Deer Came to Stay at Presque Isle Park
A friend posted a picture of an albino deer today. Just another thing that brings me home. I have never wanted to be home so bad in my life. It made me remember the zoo that was on Presque Isle....
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Shack Fever
Winter is upon us once again. Early winter is rather cool; sliding down hills, making snowmen and playing in the snow before it piles up to the rafters. In late winter, people in northern climates...
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Recipes For Disaster!
“The only thing worse than a person who can cook and won’t is a person who can’t cook and will.” – David Aho (photo by olly – Fotolia) Twenty years ago, I couldn’t have cooked a meal without the smoke...
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Guidelines For Cottaging on The 4th of July
Red fire work explodes. Photo by Roweena Langin 4th of July is a big holiday for my family and friends. Ever year a vary large group of us get together at a friends cottage and party for several days...
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Fixing the Vacuum Cleaner
“…it squealed a mournful wail that caused the dog to run for cover behind the sofa. ” (photo by Igor Normann – Fotolia) It howled and grumbled like a banshee in a bear trap. Whenever my wife tried to...
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I Remember When Our Family Got Our First Dog…
The family pet: best friends or worst enemies, but probably a little of both. (photo by codepad – Fotolia) I remember when our family got our first dog. I was hiding behind the water heater during...
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Deer Camp Characters
ANY HUNTER IS SURE TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE THEY KNOW… Marquette, MI – The guys at Carl’s deer camp are a motley assemblage of woodsmen, dedicated to avoiding their jobs and wives for two weeks while they...
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We’re Holding Our Own: Tale From The SS Edmund Fitzgerald
written by: Ryan Stephens | An underwater dive team explores the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. (photo courtesy of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society) Ghosts are forces of nature with...
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Ebeneezer Scrooginen (my cousin, Carl’s tightwad uncle) didn’t like funerals and decided to leave early. He might not have showed up at all were he not the executor of his recently deceased partner,...
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Tyrone at the Football Bat
Crowded football stadium photo. (Csaba Peterdi – Fotolia) My friends always accuse me of knowing nothing about professional sports so they all gawked at me as if I’d just done a backflip at the bar...
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