Category: Reminiscences
Suicide is Not Painless
The Christmas Clock’s a Tickin’ in the U.P.
Enjoy a Happy U.P. Thanksgiving
By Sharon M. Kennedy Uncle Steve and his Turkeys Yesterday was Thanksgiving, the day everybody is as stuffed as the turkey. For weeks, cooks have been preparing menus and testing new recipes. Tables will sag beneath the weight of the usual fare. Clever techniques inspired by cooking channel chefs and…
One Day to Live: Dallas, Texas 1963
Saying Goodbye to the Old Guard
Michigan Sunshine Gets in My Eyes
The War to End All Wars
Dressing for Autumn in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Not Like Other Men
Clinging to Dignity as the Years Pass in Brimley Michigan
The End of an Era on the SideRoad
Let’s Be Brave – a reflection
The passing of summer in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
There’s Nothing like a Good Scare
Brimley, Michigan: Right Town, Wrong Century
A First Communion Story, Brimley, Michigan – 1954
Siblings and a City Dog in Brimley, MI
The Dog Days of August in the Upper Peninsula
Haying in Chippewa County, Michigan
Yoopers, I’m Taking It with Me
Busy as an Upper Peninsula Beaver
Beaver dam — Front door I’ll make this short. Everyone in the U.P. is complaining about the heat as they sit in their air-conditioned homes, ride in their air-conditioned cars, or dine at their favorite air-conditioned restaurants. Consider yourselves lucky. You could be as busy as the Yooper beavers who…
Summer Softball Games on a Brimley Sideroad
Don’t Feel Guilty, Yoopers …Rats Also Prefer Donuts
Princess Cake Popular in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Suicide is Not Painless
The Christmas Clock’s a Tickin’ in the U.P.
Enjoy a Happy U.P. Thanksgiving

By Sharon M. Kennedy Uncle Steve and his Turkeys Yesterday was Thanksgiving, the day everybody is as stuffed as the turkey. For weeks, cooks have been preparing menus and testing new recipes. Tables will sag beneath the weight of the usual fare. Clever techniques inspired by cooking channel chefs and…
One Day to Live: Dallas, Texas 1963
Saying Goodbye to the Old Guard
Michigan Sunshine Gets in My Eyes
The War to End All Wars
Dressing for Autumn in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Not Like Other Men
Clinging to Dignity as the Years Pass in Brimley Michigan
The End of an Era on the SideRoad
Let’s Be Brave – a reflection
The passing of summer in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
There’s Nothing like a Good Scare
Brimley, Michigan: Right Town, Wrong Century
A First Communion Story, Brimley, Michigan – 1954
Siblings and a City Dog in Brimley, MI
The Dog Days of August in the Upper Peninsula
Haying in Chippewa County, Michigan
Yoopers, I’m Taking It with Me
Busy as an Upper Peninsula Beaver

Beaver dam — Front door I’ll make this short. Everyone in the U.P. is complaining about the heat as they sit in their air-conditioned homes, ride in their air-conditioned cars, or dine at their favorite air-conditioned restaurants. Consider yourselves lucky. You could be as busy as the Yooper beavers who…