Michigan

• Locations: Columns, Opinion By Ken Pletcher Published Jul. 27, 2022

  Letter from Michigan, ’22 (when “normal” maybe isn’t so normal)

  Art by Larry Day

  Hello again, fellow Bondalers and Valley dwellers, from verdant, humid southwestern Michigan! Bonnie and I made it to our old stomping grounds a little later than usual but in time for a mostly great July 4 weekend here (see below).

  I can report that during the… read more →

• Locations: News By Ken Pletcher Published Aug. 11, 2021

  Letter from Michigan

  Extent of shoreline destruction along Lake Michigan in Harbert, Michigan; March 2020. Although the stairs down to the end of the railings survived, everything else up to that point was destroyed, including the stairs in the left background. Photo by Beth Dahl.

  Greetings, Bonedalers and valley folk, from (near) the shore of Lake Michigan! For almost two months (with a week-long break for Mountain Fair), my wife Bonnie and I have been at a little cottage in the woods about 10 miles north of the Indiana border. We have been… read more →