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I know many folks have tried their hand at making sourdough bread during this time of stay at home. I have experienced watching the process from beginning to end and then getting to taste the distinct delicious product. Watching an artist create has been a fantastic way to spend my time. I have been a…

See the post called “Trust the Process”

If you were a kid living in Michigan during the 50s and 60s you learned the poem ‘The Song of Hiawatha’. “By the shore of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water….” Gitche Gumee is Lake Superior. Superior is the place where the wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald sits on the bottom. Superior is one of…

In your town there is a place the roasts and brews coffee. Now is the time to find that place and support these business people. They really do have the finest cuppa joe in town. It’s not that difficult to find them. Type in ‘coffee roaster nearby’. Look on Google Maps. Look on Yelp. I…

The Republic of Zimbabwe, a land locked country in Southern Africa. It is a relatively new country with 16 official languages. The land has a long and unfortunate history and was the area that saw the worst of the British system of colonization. In 1890 a British Trading Company owned by Cecil Rhodes walked onto…

The place where any time day or night you are likely to hear a Jimmy Buffett song playing somewhere. The southern most city in the contiguous US: Key West. Key West is the county seat of Monroe County Florida. It is an island in the straits of Florida composed of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset…

Sicily, Italy. The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea just to the south of the Italian Peninsula, separated by the narrow Strait of Messina. It is home to the tallest active volcano in Europe, one of the most active in the World. There has had human activity recorded as early as 12,000 BC. The flag…

The most populous and third largest by land area state: California. If it was a separate nation, it would have the fifth richest economy in the world. It is a place of unsurpassed natural beauty. California is situated on an amazing plot of land with a unique geographic feature and climate that produces a huge…

Years ago the state of Michigan passed a law that said public schools could not begin until after Labor day.  I always thought it had something to do with tourism.  The folks in Northern Michigan (area code 906) wanted one more chance to have ‘Trolls’ and their money visit before it got real cold. With…

We took a trip of our lifetime 3 years ago to Eastern Europe. We toured all over this marvelous part of the world with our dear sister, Nela. While in her home city of Novi Sad, she took us to the Petrovaradin Fortress located on the Danube River. Walking around the parameter of the fortress…