March 25, 2010
The Captain
This blog’s grandfather is Captain Frederick Pabst.
March 25, 2010
This blog’s grandfather is Captain Frederick Pabst.
March 23, 2010
The story of Detroit historian George W. Stark, and the Detroit history book he wrote during World War II.
March 18, 2010
March 17, 2010
March 15, 2010
I have always been drawn to crows, not in any dark teenage-poet way, but because they are big, handsome, super-clever, and remind me of the chilly Michigan spring.
March 10, 2010
A rustic log cabin, a massive Italianate marble fountain and an 18th-century bell from Spain at Senator Thomas W. Palmer’s park.
March 5, 2010
March 1, 2010
We’re taking a brief leave of absence, but not before paying brief tribute to a Polish-American hero.
February 23, 2010
In the fall I wrote about the Peace Carillon on Belle Isle, an 85-foot limestone tower dedicated to Detroit News advice columnist Nancy Brown. It’s gorgeous, even though it’s starting to fall apart a little.
February 21, 2010
It was warmer and sunnier at last week’s end, so we went back to Maybury for another shot at finding the History Trail (and better photographic opportunities).
February 18, 2010
February 17, 2010
Charming summer postcards from a lake retreat.
February 16, 2010
We got off M-14 at Beck Road on our way home from a lunch date in Ann Arbor. My mom wanted me to pick up some cookies. I obliged.
February 12, 2010
I tried to think about some of my favorite historical couples, but I ended up dwelling on love affairs closer to home.
February 11, 2010
A few months ago I was intrigued to find a headstone in Farmington’s Quaker Cemetery for Oliver Perry Hazard, March 17, 1836 — September 16, 1923.
February 9, 2010
Despite a tremendous weekend that included Lightning Love and The Daredevil Christopher Wright in Ypsilanti, the Hounds Below at the Lager House, a live conjunto band and dancing at the Blue Diamond, a lot of Blatz, Modelo and PBR and a lot of reading, all of which should have been plenty of fodder, I’ve been coming down with a little sniffle of writer’s block this week, professionally, bloggingly, and otherwise.