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One of our most common swallows has returned to Michigan—the Barn Swallow. Barn Swallows often live around humans, building their mud nests under the rafters in barns or under the eaves of other buildings in the country. Swallows are voracious consumers of flying insects. They spend a large...
Too many people use labels and a diagnosis as excuses to all their current problems or situations. I was “fill in the blank” and that is why I struggle or can’t. Now, I am not dismissing real trauma and the need to seek help, that is important. But, stop using excuses; move on and move up from...
Sarah Trumble is a Michigan Native, originally from the Upper Peninsula. Previously in education, she enjoyed teaching international higher education, overseas and in the U.S., but moved back to Michigan during COVID. Sarah and her family have happily settled back in the region, bringing her two...
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Lynn Eckerle is the author of the weekly food column The Recipe Exchange along with a blog, Lynn’s Musings From a Deep Well. She loves country cooking, small town living and taking the back roads.
Dear Lynn,
My family loves potatoes, but I need some variety. Does anyone have some good potato...
10 Years Ago (April 2016)
St. Michael’s 6th-8th grade students had the privilege of having Chief Frank Cloutier from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe come in and speak to the class. Students studied different Native American tribes throughout North America and presented their projects during...
The Eastern Phoebe is one of a group of birds known as flycatchers. Flycatchers are primarily insectivores, meaning they eat insects almost exclusively, with spiders and small berries occasionally taken. They usually sit and wait on a branch until they spot their prey before launching to grab it in...
Sarah Trumble is a Michigan Native, originally from the Upper Peninsula. Previously in education, she enjoyed teaching international higher education, overseas and in the U.S., but moved back to Michigan during COVID. Sarah and her family have happily settled back in the region, bringing her two...
Lynn Eckerle is the author of the weekly food column The Recipe Exchange along with a blog, Lynn’s Musings From a Deep Well. She loves country cooking, small town living and taking the back roads.
Dear Lynn,
When I was little, my neighbor use to make the best cookies filled with dates, raisins and...
10 Years Ago (April 2016)
A Linwood resident was the winning student designer in Northwood University’s Style Show “Play With Fashion” Friday, April 15th at the Midland School’s Hach Student Life Center. Marissa Nadolney, of Linwood, on of six student designers, was chosen as the winner in...