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^^Oh, ha, Patrick.

My firstborn-the-doctor recently moved to south Boston and will get her first taste of hurricane-flavored weather. I suspect it's a little different than a Great Lakes gale,...

Oh, do I hear you, Maof. Last time we were there - 2008 - my husband and teenaged son did the Dune Climb by the visitor's center with the intent of walking the dunes all the way to Lake Michigan. ...

I don't know whether to say, "well, duh, world, about time you noticed" or SHHHHH don't let the word get out" about this gem...

That type of driving is happening elsewhere in Michigan, as well; and the intersections & neighborhoods are not necessarily in dicey areas, at least around here. I heard from someone with local...

My grandfather immigrated from Sicily to work at the Detroit Stove Company.

I hope it is going on somewhere in Detroit. From what I was told, when they tore down my family home in 1974, the demolition crew did not cart away the wreckage of the 2-flat structure; they pretty...

The one proven way to keep your neighbors from complaining about your outdoor parties is to invite them to join in. We had an old-biddy neighbor-lady who disapproved of everything from our toddler...

I did not realize a car, or how or where it is parked, could exude racial vibes discernible to public safety professionals or anyone else, for that matter. OK, whatever.

My son lived in a town...

Mailboxes around here are not on the houses. They are grouped together at side of the road so delivery can be made to all the addresses at once. I have to walk a couple houses down and across the...

I'm listening to the rising and falling crescendo of cicadas. I love the sound. It is what shimmering heat and heavy green trees sound like on a quiet, humid afternoon; sort of like the fragrance...

I don't have air conditioning at home, either. It can be a tough transition from an office kept chilly for the benefit of multiple office machines to the sultry soggy outdoors. Like hitting a...

My thought: it would be expensive and potentially back-breaking to remove any sod, back yard or front, before putting in that garden and its attendant architecture. Equipment and/or tools would have...

@wolverine, the problem is not the property owner being in compliance with an actual identifiable ordinance. There is no wording that specifically says she cannot plant vegetables, only some vague...

I grew vegetables in my front yard for years. Last year the front beds held 2 kinds of tomatoes, eggplant, and green and jalapeno peppers, with a few red annual flowers tucked among them to attract...

I don't think camping on the island was ever technically allowed for the hydroplane races, though there were a number of years where people like us showed up at 3 am for the coming day's events. We...

I like 3 Dog Night music best when it's being performed by Chuck Negron [[one of the original dogs but singing solo for a long time).

Actually, tonight, I'm kinda thinking more about that war...

Not long after I first discovered the interwebs in the late 1990s, I began playing around with a new search engine with the very silly name of Google. Through it, I found the Fabulous Ruins pictures...

Since my younger brother & his family are rabid avid CW re-enactors, he is extremely bummed the event is being cancelled. He fully understands & appreciates, but Fort Wayne is among their...

I live just north of the St. Joseph County line in Kalamazoo County. Yesterday, our weather went from summer-like to suffocating sauna in a matter of minutes. I have had a fish tank for 25 years...

I thought the pronunciation was "lilla bit" due to the broken English I heard growing up. It only took me a lilla while to articulate the phrase correctly once I was more grown up.

I *LOVED* my 1978 sPacer. Custom-ordered it and drove it for over 100,000 miles. It did not have a blind spot anywhere, had a surprisingly good stereo system, was wonderfully roomy, and was even...

Oh, but wait! Pure Michigan has competition from ...OMG, who'da thunk they'd COPY anything from MICHIGAN??? I ask you! The NERVE! LMAO. Allow me to present to you...
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^^ "Disrespectful?" "Undignified?" to be escorted out in disgrace? Excuse me? One must own the qualities of respect and dignity in order to have them reflected back.

I swear, so many people...

My family has lived on the east side of Detroit and the close 'burbs up Gratiot since the 1920s. I never heard of a flooded basement except for the one legendary event - I was an infant - when my...

Same here - from all 6 addresses.