Merry Christmas from Mackinac Island. This picture is from a few days ago. No snow today, instead it was foggy, rainy and 34 degrees (about ...

I don't have an Elf on the Shelf in my classroom, instead I have Camilla the Christmas Chicken. My students love her. They even love her...

"Snow Days" never happen on Mackinac Island. OK, almost never happen. But occasionally we do close due to other issues. Today we g...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... everywhere you go...

Fall is fading fast on Mackinac. The vast majority of the leaves have fallen, so I was quite surprised to find these maple leaves near the P...

Here are our family costumes for 2021. These three high schoolers trick-or-treated for the win, bringing home close to 30 pounds of candy (...

 Last week my husband and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary.  It's hard to believe it's been that long... To celebrate, Alle...

If you been hanging out here for a while, I'm sure you know we have chickens . You may also know that usually they leave the island for ...

Happy Halloween to all you Trolls out there. For those of you who may not know, those of us who live in Michigan's Upper Peninsula refer...

We arrived at school this morning to discover this. Some asshole (not the word I used at school) decided it would be a good idea to throw a ...