Art Wins Hearts of the Public Twice
Artists are often seen as “rule breakers”—bumping up against the norm and defining new and different ways of both viewing and doing things. Few...
Small Town To Capital City: Rural Michigan’s Political Couple
Down a country road in Ionia County, not too far from where she grew up on a sesquicentennial farm, Julie Calley lives a fairly...
Legacy Along The Lake: St. Julian Wine Co.
When Mariano Meconi moved The Meconi Wine Company, founded in 1921 in Canada, to Detroit after the repeal of Prohibition in 1923, he couldn’t...
Beacon Of Hope
There is a mystery, magic, and something altogether romantic about lighthouses. Whether it’s tales of swarthy sea captains and ghost-like specters wandering catwalks or...
Media-Man O’Malley Joins Country Lines
A self-proclaimed “spoken-word guy,” Jack O’Malley is looking forward to transferring his upbeat view of life in Michigan to the printed page. “I’m thrilled...
It Really Does Take A Village
In rural Guatemala, not far from the border with Mexico, is a tiny village called Buena Vista and it is just that—a “good view.”...
The Ultimate Icebreaker
The Coast Guard’s motto is “Semper Paratus” or “Always Ready.” And ready is what you have to be when navigating the miles of waterways...
Sweet Success
Petoskey’s new Maple Moon Family Sugary promotes Michigan’s economy and energy efficient technology.
Todd Petersen sees far more in maple trees than the leaves turning...
Shrubs: New Varieties!
Back in the old days, like when cars had “fins,” shrubs were just something you used in the yard to fill-in space. The rather...
‘Black Sheep’ Family
Cherry Scott gazes out at her Leelanau County “Field of Dreams.”
Gazing, in itself, is something of a miracle because she was going blind before...