We’ve just returned from our whirlwind trip to London and Paris. What a dream come true!! I took over 1,000 photos and Jason and I came home with incredible memories to last a lifetime. A real highlight of the trip was the two days we spent with my friend of over 35 years, Eric from Montbéliard, France. Eric and
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My photo of Little Sable Point Lighthouse titled “This Little Light of Mine” was featured by Pure Michigan in their new article “Five Things to Keep in Mind on a Lake Michigan Lighthouse Tour”! It’s a great article with some helpful pointers on lighthouse hunting — one of my favorite past times! So excited to
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Since 1934, a Homecoming festival has taken place each summer in the small northwestern Ohio town of Wauseon. This year not only commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Wauseon, Ohio Homecoming, but it also marks the 30th anniversary of my year as Miss Wauseon Homecoming 1984. The Wauseon Homecoming Queen contest was my very first
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My husband and I have just returned from our Valentine’s Day adventure: we mushed a team of sled dogs! Check one item off the Bucket List! We’ve been trying to do this for a couple of winters now and something always seems to get in the way. But this was our year! Despite an early
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My favorite time of year is upon us again! When Michigan’s fields and forests become a tapestry of vibrant color and the weather turns crisp and cool. Halloween is by far and away my favorite holiday and I always look forward to decorating the house for the hordes of trick or treaters that come to
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I have been a loyal WRIF listener for nearly 40 years, going back to the days of JJ and the Morning Crew, George Swell, and Richard T. Bruiser. I remember vividly how proud I was to be a member of Detroit Rockers Engaged in the Abolition of Disco and I still have my DREAD Gold Card
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Tomorrow, for the first time in over 50 years, Old Glory returns to Detroit’s Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Building. On Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 1:30 p.m., a special ceremony will take place as the United States Flag is once again raised over the GAR Building at 1942 Grand River Avenue. An exciting
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A new addition to my collection of fine art photography wall calendar is now available: a Michigan Lighthouses calendar. It’s available now in my Cafepress store. The Michigan Lighthouses wall calendar features images of the Ludington North Breakwater Lighthouse, Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, Point Iroquois Lighthouse, Au Sable Point Lighthouse, Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner
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150 years ago today, my Great Great Grandfather Abner Delos Austin, as a newly-enlisted 16-year-old private in the 24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, marched out of Detroit and into history. At 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 29, 1862, to the cheers of thousands of onlookers, he and his regiment marched out of Camp Barns (located at
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The oldest benevolent society in Detroit, the Ladies’ Protestant Orphan Association, has its origins in 1818, when a number of women from prominent Detroit families met at the home of Mrs. Benjamin Larned and organized the Ladies Society of the City of Detroit. Its purposes were charitable, with particular emphasis upon the needs and care
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