September 10, 2013
Today is the bicentennial of the Battle of Lake Erie
A field trip to commemorate the occasion, with a stop in Toledo for “Perry’s Victory” at the Toledo Museum of Art.
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October 21, 2009
My old, new town: #3 – “Uncle” Nathan Power
Books lead you to strange places. After learning about the cauldron that boiled Mad Anthony Wayne’s exhumed bones a few weeks ago, I was drawn to learn more about the young Revolutionary War general and his role in the settling of the city of Detroit.
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October 13, 2009
My new, old town: #2 – The woods
In the six weeks or so that I’ve been back in metro Detroit, I’ve been spending at least an hour a day in the woods, walking and thinking (or trying not to think too much).
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