Does Michigan Have ‘Too Many’ Legislators?
Michigan Politics
By George Weeks
     Term-limited House Speaker Rick Johnson, R-LeRoy, soon will retire to his second seat of power--the one atop a 185-
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Mackinac Island Once Enjoyed Population Equal to Detroit, Chicago
A Look at History Fur Trade
By Frank Straus
     In the winter of 1804, 200 years ago, the populations of Chicago, Detroit, Mackinac Island, and St. Louis were roughly equal. Mackinac Island had about five hundred people living in it, which was a little more than the number it has today. Detroit and St. Louis had a few more people, and Chicago had
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Bald Eagles, Woodpeckers More Visible on Mackinac in Winter
Nature Notes
By Patricia Martin
     One of the things I like about the late fall and winter is that I often see more birds than I do in the summer. This is not because there are more birds on the Island, because there certainly are not, as most species migrate. It’s because I have more time to look and, because of the lack of leaves,
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Better Technologies Make Blood Transfusion Less Common, Safer
Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac
By Yvan Silva, M.D.
     Blood transfusion is one of the most important lifesaving treatments available. Whole blood is comprised of several components -
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Vienna: Horses, Carriages for Hire Lend Grand City Ambience
Horse Ta es by Candice C. Dunnigan
     Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. This autumn I found myself on the back of a native Haflinger pony for three days and then a large, sleek European trotter, riding 80 miles in Lichtenau, a corner of the world in northern Austria. Rural, oh yes, and “out of the way,” indeed. It was the ki
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The Nuances of Near-Forgotten Phone Numbers Tough and Easy Stages
By John McCabe
     The great poet, T.S. Eliot, in one of his most memorable phrases, captures the mediocrity of existence for so many as thus: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” My sequence of days, both memorable and mediocre, seem to have been measured out in old phone-and-address books.
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Another Year Comes to a Close for Jamaicans on Mackinac
Island to Island
by Ralston Blair
     Memories on Mackinac Well, this is it. It’s that time again. The time when I get all reflective (and maybe even “mushy”) concerning yet another final period spent working on Mackinac Island. This year, many Jamaicans were requested back to Mackinac Island a lot later than they were last year. In
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