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

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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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Phenology
2022 , Businesses , Essays , Farmers , Farms , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Iconic Person , Issue 3 , Landscaping , Landscaping , News , Print Editions

Phenology

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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 […]

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Lumberjacks and Cracker Jacks
2020 , History , News

Lumberjacks and Cracker Jacks

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By P.G. Misty Sheehan Ghost towns—sometimes called “boomtowns”—were formerly bustling communities where a natural resource, such as gold, was exploited and subsequently depleted, then the town was quickly abandoned. Most people are aware of Wild West ghost towns, such as California’s famous Tombstone or Bodie, but they are generally unaware of Northern Michigan’s host of […]

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