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The Polish Paczki, on Chicago

Three generations of one Keweenaw family onstage in Copper Harbor, MI: Forrest, Ethan and Bob Fill!

Abandoned cider-apple trees proliferate in Central and other former mining areas in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, leaving a delicious legacy that current residents enjoy to this day. When the time is right in October, the Keweenaw Historical Society helps arrange a community pressing I was privileged to attend.

A short thimbleberry foraging video focused on seeing berries that aren't sitting up.

Eric Frimodig, longtime owner of Toni's Country Kitchen in Laurium, MI prepares traditional walnut and cinnamon povitica from a recipe he inherited more than 40 years ago.

Though not nearly as large as Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheater, a planned outdoor music venue at East Bluff Bike Park is envisioned as being carved into the ridgeline near Copper Harbor, MI. Rock Solid Trail Contracting owner Aaron Rogers is planning a camping, cabins and mountain biking resort to capitalize on the interest in mountain biking the Keweenaw Peninsula.

Donny Kilpela's color cruise of the Houghton Canal to Lake Superior, Oct. 17, 2019

Don't worry, it's all bakery smells inside Jamsen's Fish Market & Bakery in Copper Harbor, MI. The ferry to Isle Royale National Park leaves from just the same dock that Jamsen's Fish Market and Bakery sits on. Get a thimbleberry donut, a strong cup of coffee from the Keewenaw Coffee Roasters and sit on the Adirondack chairs admiring Lake Superior.

Don't worry, it's all bakery smells inside Jamsen's Fish Market & Bakery in Copper Harbor, MI. The ferry to Isle Royale National Park leaves from just the same dock that Jamsen's Fish Market and Bakery sits on. Get a thimbleberry donut, a strong cup of coffee from the Keewenaw Coffee Roasters and sit on the Adirondack chairs admiring Lake Superior.

Don't worry, it's all bakery smells inside Jamsen's Fish Market & Bakery in Copper Harbor, MI, on the Keewenaw Peninsula. The ferry to Isle Royale National Park leaves from the Jamsen's Fish Market and Bakery dock. Get a thimbleberry donut, a strong cup of coffee from the Keewenaw Coffee Roasters in Calumet and sit on the Adirondack chairs admiring Lake Superior. Jamsen's Fish Market started up...

Don't worry, it's all bakery smells inside Jamsen's Fish Market & Bakery in Copper Harbor, MI. The ferry to Isle Royale National Park leaves from just the same dock that Jamsen's Fish Market and Bakery sits on. Get a thimbleberry donut, a strong cup of coffee from the Keewenaw Coffee Roasters and sit on the Adirondack chairs admiring Lake Superior.

The Traverse City Film Festival shows an entire week of free films at its open-air Open Space theater. I saw the first two last week: Stop Making Sense and Return of the Jedi, which I learned was first Revenge of the Jedi. I learned this while leaning back in a tilting hammock lounger, eating my own snacks and having the distraction of lovely sunsets over Lake Michigan.

Nichols Arboretum is one of the University of Michigan's points of pride. Lucky locals get to walk its riverside gardens and groves year round.

The bend that Cedar Bend Natural Area is named for was fully engorged with spring runoff when I was there.

Mobile Office #1: Central Lake Library

Five Hidden Gem Restaurants in North Central Michigan

Lagniappe reccos from Mary and Clara

Walleye sizzling in a pan

Blanching Ramp Leaves

River Otters at Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire, MI

Boardwalk at Grass River Natural Area

Cherry Breeder and Michigan State University Professor Amy Iezzone

Cooking Vegetarian Shakshuka with Charlotte

Leelanau State Park, near Northport, Michigan

Hand-Foraged Gin from Ethanology Distillery and Spirit House, Elk Rapids, Michigan

Boise Green Belt

A Syrian Refugee in Boise

Pedals and Pints

Kathy Workman of Edelweiss Cheese Cuts Appenzeller