It seems about right that Milltown Mel up and died two days before he had to stick his nose out of his den and let the world know how long winter would last. Who wants to be the bearer of more bad news this year? We already have a virus lasting so much longer than [...]
Here's December's secret: there's magic in the air. And each sleeting windstorm carries it somewhere. It dusts the ground below your feet to lighten up your step and turns your boots to dancing shoes, your schlep to pirouette. The season can be tricky when folks carry such a load and all their Christmas wishes can't [...]
This weekend, we floated under and later drove over the magnificent Mackinac Island Bridge. The structure, which spans five miles and was at one time the longest suspension bridge in the world, stands as an excellent tribute to the fortitude of the American worker. At least 3,500 workers and 350 engineers spent 48 months building [...]
We said good bye to my favorite Christmas tree yesterday and I hummed a little as I (you should cover your eyes here) disrobed her. She seemed a little magical and we thought, for a brief period, that she may have taken root in our family room. How else might we explain her increasing good [...]
The ice sculptures that lined College Avenue last weekend stood as perfect metaphors for the season they represented -- beautiful, pure, and so very, very fleeting. Unseasonable warmth seeped into the pieces shortly after the artists carved them. It cracked smooth panes and rendered some south facing sculptures quickly unrecognizable. I thought it was a [...]