The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they called Gitchee Gumee. The lake it is said never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn gloomy. Gordon Lightfoot’s lyrics memorialize the tragedy of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, but the mystery…

On June 12, 1908, a boat floating near the southern shore of Lake Superior aroused the curiosity of a couple of local hunters. They could see the broken mast of the yawl and the sail draped over the gunwale. They didn’t see anyone in the boat, so they waded out…

Remington Beagle here. Everyone knows the power of a beagle’s nose, but not many people are aware of our incredible ability to reason and reach phenomenal conclusions. I am a graduate of dog training classes and consider myself an intellectual and raconteur. …

January 2021 Dear Eunice, There’s something about the end of one year and the beginning of another to make me pause and reflect. The older I get those thoughts are often anchored in the distant past. The minutia floating around in my brain is amazing. …

Dear Eunice, Doesn’t it seem as though Christmas comes sooner every year? Back in the day, Christmas came after Thanksgiving. Now it comes after Labor Day. There were Halloween things mixed with Christmas goodies in numerous stores around town this year. It’s all so rushed. Anticipation is a good thing…

“This book needs to be written,” he said. He was referring to the book called Alaska’s Savage River: Inside Denali National Park and Preserve. Deeply involved in researching all things Savage River I wholeheartedly agreed. I had fallen in love not only with my surroundings in the park, I had…

If we just had the virus to contend with, I think we would have been ok. We had never heard of COVID-19 on January 6th, the day my husband had quadruple bypass surgery. The biggest concern after surgery was infection, as his immune system was compromised due to two years…

It was hot. It was too hot to sleep. There was a fan blowing hot air around in the upstairs bedroom. It didn’t help much. He got out of bed and went over to the window. She knew he was trying to be quiet not to wake her while he…

A cultural phenomenon that I never considered was what does society do when they run out of toilet paper? What happens when you have used all of your supply of poop tickets, and every single store you stop at has none to sell? Disaster! My husband, the quintessential boy scout…