Tag: michigan
member name: Amy B.
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March 26, 2007 04:25 PM EDT --
Do you remember what it was like to be a kid? Did you have fun exploring and learning new things in the great outdoors? If you want to relive some of that experience again, then go to the Michigan 4-H . . .
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April 11, 2007 09:31 PM EDT --
We called my grandmother "Toots" (pronounced like the first part of "Tootsie Roll") ever since my oldest brother was learning how to talk. The story is that every time my grandmother . . .
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June 18, 2008 08:18 PM EDT --
As a result of DDT use in pesticides, Peregrine Falcon populations were decimated during the 1950s and they ended up on the endangered species list. A survey in 1964 found no adult peregrines east of . . .
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September 14, 2008 03:02 PM EDT --
The tune "Singing in the Rain" is going through my head. I'm singing because my neighbor (actually her mother) is finally weeding. And yes, it's raining because the remnants of . . .
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August 12, 2008 02:02 PM EDT --
The tune from "Fiddler on the Roof" is going through my head, but actually, the title should be "Sunset, Sunrise" since that's the order these pictures were actually taken in. . . .
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May 28, 2007 09:17 AM EDT --
My ancestors are long-time residents of the Detroit area. In fact, one of my ancestors came to Detroit with Cadillac when it was first settled in 1701. Many of the descendants of the original Detroit . . .
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August 18, 2007 05:02 PM EDT --
Vernors Ginger Ale was invented in 1866 by James Vernor, a Detroit pharmacist, and is America's oldest soft drink. In 1862, James Vernor was called off to serve in the Civil War. According to legend, . . .
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July 04, 2008 04:55 PM EDT --
Last week I published an article about my walk along the Gateway Trail , which is a paved two mile path that connects the downtown area of the city where I live with Hines Drive, . . .
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November 16, 2008 12:39 PM EST --
It was rather sobering this morning to find that more than half of the weight of my morning Free Press was due to the listings of homes being foreclosed in Wayne County. The listings, which are about . . .
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May 26, 2007 05:27 PM EDT --
Detroit gets a lot of bad press, but there are a lot of things to see and do in the area. Last year I finally went on one of the tour boats and we had a great time. Seeing the sights from the river also . . .
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April 01, 2008 10:35 AM EDT --
I've been working on my father's side of the family tree and until recently I was stumped by a dead end. I knew, from an aunt's research that I inherited, that my grandfather had a cousin . . .
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September 27, 2008 11:44 AM EDT --
Last year I shared a photo essay about Greenfield Village , which is probably one of my favorite places in the world. And just a few weeks ago, Janet "Jax" B. shared her photo essay . . .
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January 25, 2007 09:02 PM EST --
I suspect that very few people can still drive by and see the home that their great-great grandparents built. And fewer still can see their family homestead converted into a museum so that . . .
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March 15, 2007 07:27 PM EDT --
Calling all quilters! It's almost time for the 8th Annual Michigan Stash Dash! This year's Stash Dash will take place on June 21-23 and will include nine shops in Southeast Michigan.
What is a . . .
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May 25, 2007 05:54 PM EDT --
Greenfield Village is a historical treasure that not a lot of people may know about. In my opinion it's better than Williamsburg, but I'm probably a bit partial since I live close . . .
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June 18, 2008 07:19 PM EDT --
There is talk in Michigan of adding water bottles to the list of beverage containers that require deposits (see this article in today's Detroit Free Press ). I've been a life-long Michigan . . .
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August 12, 2008 01:37 PM EDT --
I was up in Traverse City, Michigan last week and a friend and I decided to go on an ice-cream tasting cruise on the tall ship Manitou . It was the perfect way to spend a few hours on a gorgeous sunny . . .
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September 21, 2008 02:19 PM EDT --
Yesterday I went on what will probably be the last garden walk of the season. You never know what the weather will be like in Michigan in late September, but yesterday was absolutely perfect. It was neither . . .
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September 19, 2008 04:56 PM EDT --
This morning's Detroit Free Press had an article about the sharp increase in electricity bills that Michigan homeowners will be paying thanks to new legislation. I understand the reason behind the . . .
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May 27, 2007 07:51 PM EDT --
Applewood was built in 1916 as the home for General Motor's Vice President, Charles Stewart Motto. The home is surrounded by 34 acres of stately trees, lush lawns, and flower-filled . . .
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