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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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Fall is finally in the air and who is excited for Halloween?! I know I am! I started decorating out front porch the other day and have a trip planned to Bill's Farm Market for more pumpkins, corn stalks and hay bales! The weather hasn't been the greatest here in Northern Michigan but it's fall and w...
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Students at Petoskey High School can enjoy extra-curricular activities a hundred a different ways, but the best way to enjoy those extracurricular's in a successful way might be through the award-winning band program. Many students take on more than one extracurricular activity.  Some choose athl...
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Pumpkins, wine and everything fine! It's fall and here in Northern Michigan that means the leaves are starting to change colors. The temps are dropping and it's even been a little rainy. That only means one thing, it's fall! Fall here in Northern Michigan is almost magical. The kids are back in scho...
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Shorter days and cooler nights mean many changes are in the air, not the least of which involves the monarch butterflies that we have come to appreciate on a warm summer day. Even if you are not a regular viewer of the latest environmental news, it is hard to miss the report of monarch decline. D...
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Honey. It's sweet. It's sticky. It tastes really good. But did you know that there is a lot of time, work and energy that goes into making and processing honey? Most of us purchase honey from our local grocery store or organic farm and probably don't put much thought into it. Not only is honey amaz...
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Whenever Hank Williams, Jr. asks if I’m “ready for some football,” I always answer “yes!” So with each passing day more tinged by the color and scent of autumn, along with other local fans, I find myself more and more ready to cheer my teams. Because I’m a University of Mi...
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It's mid-September and the weather has been absolutely gorgeous here in Northern Michigan. We finally have our Indian Summer. I spent much of the weekend at the ice rink looking at friends beach and boat photos but only being outside a few minutes was heaven. I have my fingers crossed that the rest ...
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Sometimes, when I sit on the porch in the summer and look out at the Round Island Lighthouse, which sits on the other side of the Straits of Mackinac, I imagine what it must have been like to be a lighthouse keeper in the days before RADAR. I am fortunate to wonder, and to be so close to one of t...
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