I'll tell you - there's nothing like combining the power of the internet with a small town.  Within 10 minutes of posting my p...

Wishing you and yours a wonderful Winter Solstice.  May your heart be filled with sunshine today and every day...

This lovely little tradition has just legitimized all those times my kids got clothes for Christmas. I was just looking out for them... ...

I haven't really discussed it much,  but my husband's father passed away this summer. A few weeks ago we traveled to Sund...

This year for Halloween, the Mackinac Island teachers decided to dress up as if we were characters in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series b...

This year we were lucky enough to have friends come up from Lansing to celebrate Halloween with us. They moved off the Island a number ...

My husband has been running a weekend D&D game for the kids and a few friends. It is nothing like the D&D I played back in high sch...

This little guy seems intent on escaping the third and fourth grade classroom. Three times in as many days I've discovered him makin...

Apparently I haven't been picking up my mail often enough. All of this, plus a pile of bills, junk mail and catalogs was waiting for...

Barrel time! Every year the Jamaican workers on Mackinac (and maybe workers from other countries, too - I'm not sure) get a barre...

My plan for today is to snuggle under the covers with my cat and, hopefully , a good book. I'm a few chapters in already and am quit...

If you happen to be looking for me on a Thursday night, for the next eight weeks, you'll find me parked in front of my computer. I...

All my son wanted to do tonight was finish up his Spanish homework before he went to bed. (He's got mono so he's crashing early ...

Blueberry picking is one of my favorite things about August. I love torturing my children by dragging them out into the woods and not fe...

Hands down, this is my favorite bread-making book. (Check out the authors' other books here .) I love bread. And when I say l...

Fall is my absolute favorite time on Mackinac Island.  I love the warm days, the cool nights and even the rain. (Except the horizontal r...

The kids are out in the kayaks; Allen and Kelaine are out fishing; and I'm here, enjoying the peace and quiet of my dear friend'...

That's the plan - to have the best year ever . The computers are all updated, my reading corner is stocked, and my 3D ...

The Secret Lagoon was one of mt favorite places in Iceland. It's actually the oldest swimming pool in Iceland - dating back to the ...

If you're in Reykjavik,  Perlan  (The Pearl) is a must do.  The dome was built on top of the water tanks that store hot water for t...