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Service Personnel Get Phone Cards; Weaver Reverses By George Weeks As a young Marine corporal on Okinawa in the 1980s, Mike Cox went to the PX to get $18 in quarters to plunk in a pay phone to call back home for about five minutes. More ...
Nature Notes By Patricia Martin We’re just finishing “Lilac Time on Mackinac Island,” to quote the 1940s song from the film, “This Time for Keeps.” This year the lilacs were in full bloom for the beginning of the celebration and we hope they will last until the end. It has been a truly spectacular display of color and scent this y More ...
Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac By Yvan Silva, M.D. Looking as far back as 1961, grief has been the subject of many studies and efforts at understanding and managing the complex processes that result in emotional and physical responses to death of a loved one. The question, “Is grief a disease?” was posed then in a classic dissertation that described More ...
Horse Tales by Candice C. Dunnigan Several weeks ago, I devoted a Horse Tales column to Epona, the equine goddess. Since she was a favorite deity for equines, one should note her real “power” was over the well-being of asses and mules. These lowly equines have often been the subject of folklore and regional humor. The theme continues More ...
By Jeannette Doud Beauty! Beauty! This is the best way to describe our magical Island as this is lilactime, where the shrubs and trees, many of which are centuries old, are at their peak. What a magnificent sight for our many visitors to see. Everywhere one looks, the delicate sweetness of lilac permeates the air. Th More ...
Tough and Easy Stages By John McCabe Most of us regard our grandfathers as deeply pleasant, lovable older gentlemen. I loved mine but I knew he was different from traditional grandpas somehow. I sensed that it had something to do with his ferocious temper which was an elemental part of him, a vital part of him, to the very hour he died More ... |
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