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By JUDY COOLS mcp blogger This world where we live isn’t simply black-and-white, right and wrong, good and bad. Yet some will try to stamp every decision we make as either Divine Perfection or Mortal Failure. Open up, people, and embrace the in-betweens! Life is a process. It’s full of shifting priorities, vanishing opportunities, and time –…
GET OFF THE COUCH — EXPLORE MICHIGAN By JOAN H. YOUNG mcp outdoors blogger Just south of Manistee is a small natural area managed by Filer Township that offers a great variety of options in a compact space. At Magoon Creek, you can picnic, hike, view Lake Michigan from a high bluff, or access the beach with a short walk.…
FULL CIRCLE By THAD RAY mcp blogger “I got a pocket full of quarters and I’m headed to the arcade…” is how the song Pac-Man Fever starts out. Other than the chorus, the first line is about the only one I can remember from the song. If you had asked me in 1982 when the song came out…
THE KITCHEN SINK By STEPHANIE WAGNER mcp blogger I have been doing some spring cleaning around my house. With the windows open and the sunlight streaming in, I am motivated to dump the drudgery of winter that has accumulated in closets, drawers, and cabinets. The brilliance of sunlight does a marvelous job of highlighting the dust-bunnies and…
B-Flat By BRUCE MILLER mcp blogger About a half mile west of Amber Road on the north side of U.S. 10 was Zack’s Restaurant. Back in the early ’70s, the local people all called it Farrel’s. Apparently, that was the name of the former business there. Being a newby, I called it Zack’s. A lot of people called it…
