Recent Blog Posts

I think winter is officially here in Northern Michigan. The last month, it felt like fall just arrived here and now there is snow on the ground. Us northerners woke up to at least 1-2 inches, if not more, of snow this morning. My morning drive to school was filled with anxiety as the roads were icy...
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The holidays are right around the corner and that means the inevitable holiday rush. Every year I try my best to plan ahead on holiday gift purchases, yet I always seem to be rushed regardless of what I do. I love shopping local during the holiday season, especially while the kids are in school. The...
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Veteran’s Day is a solemn commemoration in any year, but in 2018 the event carries additional significance.  This year marks 100 years since the armistice to end the war to end all wars. Americans possessing a basic sense of history know how that armistice signalling the end of World War 1, ma...
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Fall in Northern Michigan signifies pumpkin patches and hayrides, fall wine tours, downtown Petoskey Trick or Treating as well as many more community events. Petoskey is such a great little midwest town. Sitting on the shores of beautiful Little Traverse Bay, it's one of those few places that you ca...
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A month into the school year and I have plenty of reason to speak to students about what they are reading. A few even ask sincerely for suggestions, and while I recognize the challenges of suggesting or assigning reading, there are just some books that all high school students should read. M...
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With November only being less than a few weeks away opening day of deer season is on the horizon. My husband is an active outdoorsman and also hosts hunters safety classes in the City of Petoskey. Soon, him and many other husbands will be venturing off for a week or weekend at the infamous deer camp...
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Ask any seasoned deer hunter, and they will be happy to share their deer hunting stories from present or past. With bow hunters already afield, and rifle hunters about to take their stands, deer hunting in northern Michigan is again hitting its peak. Thanks to the Tip of the Mitt Quality Deer Man...
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Pictured from Left to Right: Shawn Young, Cameron Stone, Jennifer Shorter handing the check to Kim Redman, Brittni Daley, and Pamela Pynnonen-Moyer. The Grandpa Shorter’s Gifts Team donated $1,700 to the Mossy Foot Project on behalf of Kim Redman. Mossy Foot is a painful foot disease that affec...
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If you've ever strolled Lake Street in Downtown Petoskey you've more than likely strolled by Mclean and Eakin bookstore. Nestled directly in between Roast & Toast Cafe and The Katydid, Mclean & Eakin is Petoskey's one and only bookstore. I love stopping in to browse the wide variety of books...
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I grew up in a haunted house, at least that's what my friends thought.  My mother kept mannequins in our upstairs room with a bank of windows that face the busy Petoskey street.  For the record, I don’t recall the mannequins, or any ghosts or spirits, visiting me over the many years I lived ...
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