Have you noticed a new spring in your step? I have. “For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] has come.” (Song of Solomon 2:11) Yes, here in Michigan spring has sprung! Fool’s Spring Sure, we had those […]
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Come, go ice skating with me, my love. These Michigan winters are too wonderful to let go by without recognition. I know we’re too old for such nonsense. I know we may fall. Yes, we will make fools of ourselves. I know what the neighbors will say. Come skate with me, my love. There are […]
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Growing up in Michigan, I remember the slogan “Winter Wonderland” depicting Michigan’s winter beauty. We’ve long since given up that slogan for other slogans, but the term remains engrained in my psyche. It is a way to get through drab, dreary cold winter days by focusing on the beauty of snow-covered hills and streets and […]
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Ordinary Time Oh, to be a ground hog, see my shadow and pull the covers back over my head. I would sleep until spring, feasting on the accumulation of fat from the past year. I would wake up a new, skinnier me! No more trudging through ice and snow to work out or starving myself […]
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