June 21, 2011
Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum – Saginaw, MI
Photos from a recent field trip.
June 21, 2011
Photos from a recent field trip.
June 17, 2011
A voice from the past corrects the historical record.
June 15, 2011
The heartbroken wolverine at the Belle Isle Zoo.
June 10, 2011
Fake eviction notices in Detroit. From 1837.
June 7, 2011
An astronomical clock built in Detroit was a marvel of the modern world.
May 27, 2011
A brief scrapbook of Detroiters, Veterans and countrymen (and women) from the Revolution to the Civil War.
May 26, 2011
Images of the oldest cemetery in New Orleans.
May 20, 2011
A documentary about the Brewster-Douglass projects, ongoing headaches at the Jim Scott Fountain, the continued relevance of local media, kids in costumes. And kittens.
May 19, 2011
A brief biography of Ebenezer Rogers, a.k.a. “Squirrel-Tooth,” a.k.a. “Old Famine,” who ate everything, leered at women and got in a lot of fights.
May 13, 2011
Oh, happy Friday. You’re going to love this guy.
May 12, 2011
The dreaded werewolf with the fancy French name stalked innocent settlers on the Detroit frontier and down in the Louisiana colony.
May 10, 2011
A stately, romantic old oak, the “monarch of the forest,” once marked the site of the Battle of Bloody Run.
May 4, 2011
The cities share a lot, including the Commandant himself: Antoine Laumet de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac.
April 28, 2011
And it was the best.
April 13, 2011
Five years ago today, on the first take-off-your-sweater-nice day in spring, in a college town on the stateline between Wisconsin and Illinois, I walked to a tattoo parlor, had this done, and then went out for a beer.
April 8, 2011
Happy OPENING DAY, Detroit!