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Michigan October 2023

Was Monday an omen?

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While watching the parade of porch furniture Sunday, I began chatting with some of the folks sitting in front of me. We reconnected Monday morning at breakfast and rode the same ferry back to the mainland. They were from California …

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Location, location, location

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Breakfast Saturday morning was as overwhelming as the size of the dining room. It had a hot buffet, a cold buffet, and an ala carte menu from which I predictably ordered the beautifully presented smoked salmon. After breakfast I’d join …

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If you’re going to be part of a cult, make it a classic – part 2

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When I ended the previous post, I’d pointed to a few of the elements that coalesced to help give flight to SiT from its cinnamon nest of obscurity to soar through the celestial firmament reborn as a cult classic. But …

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If you’re going to be part of a cult, make it a classic- part 1

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It’s not unusual for movies and television shows to gain a group of rabid followers that we culturally deem a cult. Think of all the Comic-Cons – generally sprung from science fiction and fantasy such as Star Trek, Star Wars, …

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I don’t care how it’s spelled, it’s Mack-in-awe not Mack-in-ack

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According to eekwi, Lake Huron, which claims as many as 30,000 islands, has the most miles of Great Lakes shoreline. Most of the islands, however, including Manitoulin, which at 2,766 square kilometers is not only the largest island in Lake …

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