I’ve always loved music. From the time I was given a Close N’Play phonograph when I was five, I started collecting 45’s (mostly from quarters I swiped from my dad’s loose change jar.)
Read More →Whiskey Jack
Also know as a Gray Jay or Camp Robber. I’ve read they are easily tamed to eat food from your hand but they mostly just fly away when I go outside.
This is a Bear
Home
I can’t believe it has been three months since I moved to the UP to join Paul who moved a bit sooner. I think about all that we had to do to get us here … sell a house, sell a business, downsize tremendously, buy a house, move, unpack. And that doesn’t even include all Paul had to do to get us here and is doing in his new position. It was certainly stressful at times but we handled it like Schuytemas.
We are getting to know the area (and loving every minute of it) and making a few friends along the way. I have volunteered for Chamber of Commerce events, am on a volunteer advisory committee to help revitalize an awesome but woefully underused recreational facility and have even joined a book club. But also, today, exactly three months from the day I moved here, I am feeling like we are finally settled. We are Michiganders, we are Yoopers, we are home.
Read More →Buying a House Unseen
I know there are literally thousands of couples who would trust their partner to make any major decision that affected them both. But would you put home buying on that list? I did and damn, that worked out great!
