MENOMINEE — Traveling north across the bridge between Marinette, Wisconsin, and Menominee, one of the first sights you’ll see after the sign welcoming you to “Pure Michigan” is a rustic log building tucked behind a row of trees just off a busy commercial stretch of U.S. 41. Dedicated ...

“Let’s sway, under this moonlight, the serious moonlight,” – David Bowie I got up from the couch where I’d been watching television and walked into the kitchen to rinse out my popcorn bowl in the sink. When I rounded the corner into the room, I was struck hard by the scene ...

MARQUETTE — Managing the state’s parks and recreation system is a big job with many components, and it could use public input. As the Michigan Department of Natural Resources works to finalize the draft Parks and Recreation Division Strategic Plan for 2023-2027, it said it is turning to ...

Starting a new year for me is like trying to build a model airplane or put together a jigsaw puzzle without having any idea what the final product is supposed to look like. I also have a sense that I am not sure all the pieces I need will be in this box I’ve just opened. Maybe I didn’t ...

LANSING — Cory Mallory left his home near Lake Superior in March to travel to Alice, Texas, a short drive north of the U.S. border with Mexico. While many parts of the Upper Peninsula were still covered in snow, wildfire season was already raging in southern Texas. Mallory was one of ...

Walking up the stairs to bed, I felt as old as the year. Sometimes, everything I do feels like every other thing I do, like every other thing I do. The days twirl and blend into each other like chocolate syrup swirls in a vanilla ice cream dessert, making the cold confection turn a pale brown ...