‘Tea With Pierrette’
Tough and Easy Stages
By John McCabe
     During the war, I was with the XIX Tactical Air Command Headquarters, Ninth Air Force, a sergeant. But I was sure no big shot in that superb group of airmen who were General George S. Patton’s vital support in the victorious drive across Europe. Although from time to time I hosted or put together so
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Herbert Benjamin Shod Island Horses for Decades
A Look at History
By Frank Straus
     Blacksmiths Mackinac Island’s horse traditions were kept alive for many decades by Herbert Benjamin, longtime Island blacksmith and farrier on Mackinac Island’s Market Street. After Herbert’s death in 1967, his son, Robert E. “Bob” Benjamin and his family transferred the blacksmith shop to t
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Great Year for Mackinac’s Juicy Wild Raspberries Nature Notes By
Patricia Martin
     This summer has produced some of the most delicious and juicy wild raspberries I’ve ever seen on Mackinac. This is an opinion shared by a number of the Island’s residents. Perhaps it has been the warm (not to say hot) weather, or just the right amount of rain at the right time, but whatever the circ
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Heritage of Mackinac Island Barns Preserved in Renovations
     The David Levy family hosted a lecture at their newly restored cottage, Craig Mawr, on the East Bluff. The talk, given by off-Island equestrian Carol Ley, was for the Island's riding horse set. This is the second summer that the Levy family has gone to the trouble and effort to experience riding a
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Heart Attack Symptoms, Signs, and Treatment
Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac
By Yvan Silva, M.D.
     The heart muscle differs from all other musculature in the body. It is a syncitial muscle, in that the muscle fibers communicate with one another and also possess an intrinsic muscular rhythm, engendered by an electrical system that conducts signals to keep the activity in a normal rhythm. The heart
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News About People On Mackinac Island
By Jeannette Doud
     It’s Monday, August 1 already, and we cannot believe how the many beautiful days of summer have already passed by. We did enjoy a wee bit of cooler temperatures, which pleased everyone. In their place, however, we’ve had two fierce thunder and lightning storms. Early Monday morning the severe lightn
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