Louan Lechler – a friend to the end
Louan Lechler – A Friend To The End I just got off the phone with Jim Crockett...remembering our friend Louan Lechler.So much came back.Somewhere between 45 and 50 years ago…
Louan Lechler – A Friend To The End I just got off the phone with Jim Crockett...remembering our friend Louan Lechler.So much came back.Somewhere between 45 and 50 years ago…
Maybe one day a long time ago she just stopped working, stopped pulling the old man in the seat across the fields and just couldn't make one more trip to…
I found this article interesting - it seems to confirm something I've always said about my generation - that we're the "self-help, self-realizing" generation.Opinion by John Duffy (CNN - May…
This is a review copied (without permission - for reference only) from a published article: Books: New York Times On The Web October 17, 1937 Ernest Hemingway's First Novel in…
Hemingway’s Advice on Writing, Ambition, the Art of Revision, and His Reading List of Essential Books for Aspiring Writers “In any art you’re allowed to steal anything if you can…
Late last fall my pal Paul and I built a sugar shack in the woods and got our old gear together. We built a new concrete block firebox, found our…
July 3, 2017 It's been really great to be back "home" in northern Michigan - with plenty of gray days and a lot of rain in May and June, the…
Naples, FL The country's been wringing its hands and turning itself inside out for the past few months and I have to admit that it's gotten to me from time…
Sorry, Pal… but I’ve gotta cut you loose. The stuff you’ve been posting here on Facebook isn’t having the desired effect I think you’re looking for; I’m not buying it.…
Sunday, November 29,2015After spending a great summer in northern Michigan building a happy little house with a friend and living on a quiet lake in the woods, I'm back in…
The weather changes here in October. The leaves change from green to everything, the air chills and the animals start moving through the woods across the counties looking for the…
August 23, 2015 Some of the best time I spend when I'm up north is with the most ordinary things. It's home. It's familiar. On any given day I'll take…
I recently wrote an article for the local newspaper about a soldier who recently received the Bronze Star. I interviewed the 35 year old Marine Corps gunnery sergeant over the…
July 22, 2015 Just got back from spending a week in the Montana wilderness and am back "home" in northern Michigan. After spending the last few summers in Florida it's…
I left Michigan for Florida five years ago and coming back this year finally feels like coming "home". As much as I've traveled in my life, there's never been a…
Vietnam Memorial Traveling WallThe traveling wall came to Marco Island for five days in February and was well visited by the locals and tourists. It's an amazing accomplishment. I was…
It was a completely enjoyable surprise to have a visit from Mike Williams and Kathy Cloninger on Valentines Day. They were traveling back to Nashville from a week in Key…
These photos were taken around Elk Rapids and the country roads surrounding.Elk Rapids Water Tower Downtown Elk Rapids Downtown Elk Rapids Elk Rapids Downtown Elk Rapids Town Hall Elk Rapids…
This was the third time I was invited back to Jim and Wendy's place in Montana and once again this getaway was the highlight of my summer. It was like…
June 26 - July 18 I've started research on the history of Leelanau County - my home spot for the past 40 years. The area is rich in Native American,…
Around the county in a sturdy black Jeep Alas, the years are beginning to show on the old '92 Cherokee. If she'll just give me one more season, I'll give…
Summer in the Leelanau There's a little hideaway spot in Leelanau County where I go to work and write several times through the warmer weather and I'm heading up for…
Two weeks ago, as I was pulling into the alley behind my home here in Naples, I had to wait for a guy that was blocking the driveway. As he…
Janis Ian has been a personal friend for nearly 20 years and was my neighbor for a good number of the years I lived in Nashville.Our history together goes back…
Naples Botanical Gardens 4820 Bayshore Drive Naples, FL 34112 Tel: 239-643-7275 / 877-433-1874 Garden Hours: 9am - 5pm (Tuesdays 8am - 5pm) Admission: Members FREE, Adults $12.95, Children 4-14…
I got an invitation from my friend Jenifer Hall to stay at her little bungalow on Big Pine Key for a few days while her family came for their annual…
Dolphin Research Center - Grassy Key - Marathon, FL January 2013: Florida Keys Dolphin Research Center 58901 Overseas Highway Grassy Key, FL 33050 This is a fantastic spot on the bay side of…
Judging The Kerrville New Folk Songwriter's CompetitionTuesday, 31 May 2011”Kerrville is about changing the world…one song at a time…”Rod Kennedy, Dalis Allen and Peter YarrowEarly this year, I got a…
Key West: A favorite Getaway There's no place quite like Key West. It's been a regular getaway for me every few weeks for the past couple of years. The 5…