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Long COVID: My experience with an invisible disease

As of April 2022, over 514 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with Covid-19, with over 6.23 million deaths reported, according to the John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. Many people who are diagnosed with Covid-19 may not become severely ill and will often get better within ...

What’s Flying: Oh sunshine, where art thou?

“But tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.” – The Beatles   Sun, where art thou and why have you been so shy this spring? It is finally good to see you again.  So far, this has been the spring that hasn’t come. Another week of 40-degree temperature brought little besides ...

This week at Peter White Public Library

MARQUETTE — Peter White Public Library has announced its May 3-9 schedule: Wonder Babies Mondays and Wednesdays, May (2, 4, 9, 11),. 9:45 a.m-10:10 a.m. Peter White Public Library Great Room. Songs, rhymes, stories and finger-plays for newborns to 20 months with a loving adult. Older ...

Christie’s Chronicles: Learning to love the color gray

Finding beauty in a drab world can be challenging. Here in the Upper Peninsula, the color green is late to appear outdoors, and when it does, it often is mixed with snow white — literally — even as late as June. November, March and April tend to be my least favorite months. At least ...

A ‘smooth’ way to enjoy spring

MARQUETTE — Mixing berries and fruits to make healthy drinks was one way parents and their kids could celebrate spring, even though the weather hasn’t exactly been springlike lately. “Celebrate Spring with Smoothies!” took place on Tuesday at the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum in ...

What’s Flying: Spring offers many delights as May approaches

“And a bird overhead sang follow, and a bird to the right sang here. And the arch of the leaves was hollow, and the meaning of May was clear.” – Algernon Charles Swinburne Despite the view from most windows this past Tuesday and Wednesday, it is spring and many of the expected ...