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Every year in September my yard gets littered with what looks like hundreds of tennis balls. They are not tennis balls, they are walnuts. They are the product of several huge black walnut trees in my front yard at the Munro House Be… Read more
Sandy Beach is a public park on the Eastern shore of Lake Baw Beese in Hillsdale Michigan. It has been a summer destination for generations of folks from Hillsdale County. It is located near the end of the Southbound paved portion of the Baw Bee… Read more
We took a ride on the Goldwing to the Beach Bar on Clark Lake near Jackson, Michigan. Some friends told us to check it out on several occasions but we never got around to it, until recently. It's about a half hour drive from our house and i… Read more
It is alleged that the Munro House Bed and Breakfast in Jonesville Michigan was a Station on the Underground Railroad. There is no written documentation--as it was an illegal activity--but local legend insists that the stories are true. Runaway slave… Read more
A regular meeting place for our group of innkeepers is at Dewey Lake Manor Bed and Breakfast in Brooklyn MI. There is plenty of room in this comfortable home on a beautiful lake for a meeting of 15 people. We met in the parlor, had lunch on the … Read more
There is a wind farm in Mid-Michigan with over 130 gigantic wind turbines. It is located between Mount Pleasant and Alma adjacent highway 127 near Ithaca. The behemoths are over 400 feet tall from the ground to the tip of the highest point of th… Read more
I have been playing Pinochle since the 1960's. It is a fairly complicated card game to play. Basically, 2 Euchre decks are combined so there are two of each card--the 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace of all four suits, for 48 c… Read more
Folks in Hillsdale County know that if you want a really good burger, you go to Ray's in Reading. Ray's Tavern is on highway 49 in downtown Reading, Michigan, about 20 minutes from the Munro House in Jonesville.
USA Today reported that Ray's s… Read more
Those of us who live in Lower Michigan have become accustomed to show people where we are by pointing to a spot on our right hand. Our state is shaped like a mitten, so we, Michiganders, carry a map with us at all times. The folks who live in the Fl… Read more