Essays – The Betsie Current Newspaper

2023 , Essays , Featured Stories , Issue 5 , Print Editions

Incipience in Thompsonville

Staff Reports May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 0 comment

Early spring comes to Northern Michigan

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Memorial Morses

Staff Reports May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 0 comment

Local brothers take Honor Flight

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The Future Will Not Wait

Staff Reports May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 0 comment

A message for the youth, from the youth

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What’s In A Name?

Staff Reports April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 1 comment

Stories behind the names of Benzie County

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Dark and Stormy Essay Contest 2023: Second Place

Staff Reports March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 1 comment

Second-place winner of annual Stormcloud essay contest

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Dog-Gone Manifestation

Aubrey Parker March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 1 comment

Local girl writes essay about a lost dog just weeks before losing her dog

2023 , Essays , Featured Stories , Issue 3 , Print Editions

Radiant Love

Staff Reports March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 0 comment

The comforting warmth of wood heat

2023 , Essays , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 2 , Print Editions

1906: A Summer to Remember

Staff Reports March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 0 comment

Donated historical photos bring a family to life

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Seeing Red in MI Backyard

Staff Reports March 5, 2023March 5, 2023 0 comment

Show-stopping native plants

2023 , COVID-19 Heroes , Essays , Featured Stories , Issue 1 , News , Print Editions

From Pandemic Penguins in a Plague House to a Parakeet in a Parking Lot

Aubrey Parker March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 0 comment

A long and winding story about friendship and fate, perhaps… By Aubrey Ann ParkerCurrent Contributor I grew up in and around Traverse City, where both sets of my grandparents lived—Cedar, Williamsburg/Acme, and then Lake Ann/Interlochen. My best friend from college, Quinn Davis, also grew up in Traverse City, but we didn’t become friends until we […]

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The Rebirth of Spring

Staff Reports June 12, 2022June 12, 2022 0 comment

Searching for the elusive morel mushrooms

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Preserving Family Photos

Staff Reports June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 0 comment

A window to your family’s past

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Keep It Wild

Staff Reports May 29, 2022May 29, 2022 2 comment

To see the forest in the weeds

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Receding Snow

Staff Reports May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 0 comment

How do we know if we have navigated a season well?

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Phenology

Staff Reports May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 0 comment

A farmer’s ode to the season change By Charla BurgessCurrent Contributor I have missed the afternoon ritual of hiking out to the maple bush to check the taps. Each step a dance between winter and spring; a deliberateness to this sun. It is always the trees speaking to me of my next moves. When their […]