I’ve been reminded over the past few weeks of days I spent in California while attending college and graduate school. While I loved those years that I lived out there, there certainly were times when the sprawling city and its noise and people, people, people became too much for me. On ...

“Trumpets sound and I hear thunder boom, every time that you walk in the room,” – Jackie DeShannon There’s a sense or a presence — a frequency or vibration — that most of us can feel when we walk into a room — good, bad or otherwise. We can tell whether the vibes are cool or ...

As mid-October rolls in, the autumnal mood has begun to set in. And what is autumn, if not the season of pumpkin spice and Halloween? This year, too, people are all set to celebrate the festival in all its glory, with consumer spending expected to reach a whopping $12.1 billion. According to ...

Little Bay de Noc: Some salmon remained in the tributaries. Fishing pressure on the lake was noticeably down. Anglers targeting walleye reported fair fishing. Methods used included drifting and trolling crawler harnesses, as well as jigging reaction baits or jig heads. Yellow perch fishing was ...

“The summer days, the summer nights are gone. I know a place where there’s still something going on,” – Bob Dylan There is something about the wind and the air over the past few days that tells me that wintertime is lurking not too far around the corner. It’s as though the entire ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A storm system that moved across parts of Florida early Thursday left a path of damage to cars, houses and businesses, authorities said. Police in Clearwater, which is on Florida’s Gulf Coast near Tampa, said in a social media post that no injuries were reported ...