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Happy feet.

We’re in the deep freeze again. It’s hard to believe only two weeks ago we were breaking out the shorts and enjoying that Spring-like weather, and now it is back to layering up bigtime and bone-chilling temps. Talk about being … Continue reading

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High winds and hatpins.

Well, the weather folks had been predicting all along that we’d have a windy Wednesday, and, sure enough … they were right. In fact, as I write this blog post, the wicked winds are still raging, with the occasional gust … Continue reading

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

When looking at the title of this blog post, you’ll probably assume it is related to the Spaghetti Western by the same name; or, perhaps … It is a tale of a trio of squirrels at Council Point Park that … Continue reading

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So, did March come in like a lion or a lamb?

For years and years, the arrival of March 1st not only signaled turning the calendar page to a new month, but, everyone was chattering about whether March came in like a lion or a lamb.  Folklore has it that if … Continue reading

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Tuesday Musings.

The rain might have stopped me in my tracks, but, the diehard paczki lovers didn’t let a drizzly and murky morning deter them from getting their favorite Polish pastry for Fat Tuesday. Social media was all abuzz yesterday with their … Continue reading

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Michigan: Four seasons in four days.

Living here in Michigan, you have to have multiple wardrobes at the ready, though admittedly, this has been a rather wild week of weather, certainly not like a normal February in southeast Michigan. I can tell you that Thursday I … Continue reading

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While strolling through the park one day …

… in the merry month of May (er … February), I was taken by surprise, By a pair of roguish eyes, In a moment my poor heart was stole away. [Excerpt from “The Fountain in the Park” by Ed Haley] … Continue reading

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It’s not MY birthday, but I celebrated anyway …

It was another spectacular weather day. At this rate, when the real first day of Spring arrives, we will treat it as nothing special after this slew of quasi-Spring days we’ve enjoyed. We all have Spring fever on top of … Continue reading

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Tuesday Musings.

The weather folks predicted possible rain for the morning, so I was pleased when I peered outside and discovered it was dismal and gray, but not drizzling. I figured I’d just do my Emmons Boulevard route this morning, as I … Continue reading

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Noshin’ and nibblin’, and … I saw my first robin.

It was another beautiful day, and, we broke a longstanding weather record from 1884, after we hit 66 degrees this afternoon. I wonder what we did to deserve all this love from Mother Nature? I got hung up doing some … Continue reading

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