Category: Life
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Fall Is In The Air
Fall is in the air and the chance to enjoy the beauty of the season each day becomes a little more challenging as the daylight hours fade away earlier and our Michigan weather fluctuates between blue skies, heavy clouds, rain and the surprising first snow flakes of the season last weekend. If the skeletons, scarecrows,…
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Fall Colors and the Leaves Falling Down
The gorgeous display of fall colors has arrived and blanketed the State of Michigan in beautiful hues of orange, yellow and red. Throughout the state there is still time for a fall drive down a favorite county road to discover what colorful display may greet you around the next bend while listening to Van Morrison.…
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Precious Time Alone
What is it about the sight of a solitary leaf, an individual chair, an empty pier and a lone fisherman and sailor that brings such a feeling of admiration at the beauty and quiet strength of being at peace with yourself when you are alone and away from the noise of the world. A…
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Morning Calm
A moment of morning calm is needed after yesterday’s exciting, heartbreaking, unbelievable, excruciating, mind-blowing, exhausting and exhilarating football game between the Michigan State Spartans and Michigan Wolverines that immediately joined the college football highlight reel of unbelievable finishes when Michigan State broke the hearts of Michigan fans everywhere when they scored a last second touchdown…
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Skeletons Rockin’ in Northville and Enjoying Life
The Skeletons have arrived in Northville, MI and will be on display throughout the month to celebrate the arrival of Halloween. Walking around beautiful downtown Northville, not only does the Victorian era architecture, old-fashioned street lamps, and quaint homes, shops and streets remind us of the charming small-town life, but the hundred skeletons on display…
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The Ripples of Simple Enjoyment
The cool morning shrouded in darkness and fog, slowly gave way to a sunrise that turned the fog into a golden mist of pleasure. Floating through the pink and gold shadows reflecting across the water, the quiet beauty is transformed by a simple drop of water sliding off a kayak paddle, gently hitting the…
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Fighting To Bloom Another Day
What a summer! I have spent the summer by the lake enjoying glorious sunrises in an unattended garden dodging rabbits and lawn tractors. My neighbor, the pink rose, was not as fortunate and met its fate earlier this week by the lawn tractor blades after weeks of the bunnies nipping on her leaves. Another summer…
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Letting Go of “Why?” To Be Free To Wander
As we wander alone on the shores of tranquility are we able to quiet our minds for a moment of silence and reflection or do our minds resemble a Lake Michigan rip current that sweeps through with a sudden force as the winds of doubt crash into the large waves of unanswered “whys?” swirling in…
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“Home Is Where The Heart Is”
It seems that over the last month the news has been filled with countless stories about the devastating loss of lives and homes in natural disasters, such as wildfires and floods, and man-made disasters of refugees forced to flee their homes in war-torn countries. Not only has this seemed prevalent over the last month, but…
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“You Don’t Choose A Life, You Live One” – Musings about Life and the Wonderful Movie, The Way
Very early in the film, The Way (currently streaming on Netflix), there is a scene of a father (Martin Sheen) driving his son (Emilio Estevez) to the airport after the son has made the decision to drop out of graduate school and travel the world. The son asks the father to join him on his…
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