Today was the day; the last day. The last day of boats. It's s good thing that many, many island residents (myself i...

I don't know about you, but when I get home from work, I'm done; exhausted.  I want to sit down put my feet up and have the Din...

This year my daughter wanted to be Doom Kitty   from Ruby Gloom . (I love it when the kids pick simple costumes! It's so much easi...

Our Christmas break this year was absolutely delightful. (Well, except for the part when everyone got sick.) It was so nice to visit fa...

We love them, but they make us giggle. Only tourists have coats and snow pants that match their snowmobiles. (Sometimes they even have ma...

I know virtually everyone was unhappy about the gigantic storm that hit the mid-west yesterday. But, I've got to tell you, many of...

He was so happy with how his costume turned out. My husband found the original idea here . I actually liked their more anatomically co...

As you know, I'm an early bird. My husband is a night owl, so you can imagine my surprise when I awoke to this amazing breakfast on...

This past weekend was a busy one - the kids, my mom and I spent lots of time down at the Island's annual Christmas Bazaar . So muc...

I took this picture Thursday morning before school as the moon was setting off the West Bluff. Such a pretty morning. Friday morning wa...

On Mackinac Island this morning, we woke to a beautiful blanket of white snow. It probably won't last, and it really is just barely...

We woke to fog on Saturday morning. It made for a beautiful walk as we headed to town for the first boat off the island. My daughter ch...

Have you ever been up to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum on Whitefish Point? I've lived up here for 20 years now, and this fall w...

One day this past summer, I needed to stop at the fabric store. I try not to drag, I mean take, my children into the fabric store beca...

It's been so chilly here these past few days, I had to make myself some new fleece socks . I tend to live in my Birkenstocks when I...

Is there a better way to spook your teacher than with creepy crawly cupcakes? I don't think so.

Every fall we try to make the pilgrimage to our friends' annual fall hoedown. It is so much fun - partially due to the fact that th...

Our dining room has been a wee bit haunted lately because my son requested a "Haunted House Party" for his birthday thi...

Mornings on Mackinac Island have been stunning lately. I snapped this at about 7:45 on Friday morning from Windermere Point. It was so ...