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Almost makes you blush, doesn’t it? So lush, open, shamelessly lovely. The tulips in my side yard really came into their own today. They seemed to enjoy the warmth of the sun as much as I did. It was a pleasure just to walk … Continue reading →

I recently had the unmitigated delight of hearing Leo Kottke and Bob Seger on consecutive nights, a sort of dream doubleheader for a music disciple like me. Leo played the State Theatre in Kalamazoo, an elegant den of iniquity featuring … Continue reading →

While I was growing up in a rural mid-Michigan town, we owned a dog who embodied boundless energy. Annie was her name. She was a beautiful English setter. Translation: She could not wait to run wild. As soon as I … Continue reading →

Henry David Thoreau sometimes spent whole mornings doing nothing but sitting in his doorway gazing at the trees while the birds sang and flitted through his house. He called this “the bloom of the present moment” and considered it more … Continue reading →

“What the world needs now is love, sweet love. That’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” No one sang it better than Jackie DeShannon back in 1965. Her hauntingly lilting hit was written by the world-beating songwriting … Continue reading →