Tag Archives: Yale

Fire burns family building on Main Street in Yale, Michigan

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Kathy

Last Tuesday morning, just before Barry and I drove to Marquette for a lovely pre-Valentines Day weekend getaway, my mom emailed. The Dodge Garage building, owned by my mother,  in my hometown of Yale in the Thumb of Michigan, was … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 26, 2013 by Kathy

I just enjoyed a lovely week in downstate Michigan with my parents. This is the childhood home where my two brothers and I grew up in Yale, Michigan.  Yale lies about twenty-one miles from blue Lake Huron with its freighters … Continue reading →

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Horse whiskers, how do we love thee?

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Kathy

This blog harks back to the country. Farm fields.  Barns.  Silos.  Horses.  From the Thumb of Michigan.  Late August. Corn My daughter and I were visiting my parents.  We had just driven to Port Huron to watch the movie “The … Continue reading →

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“A horse is a horse, of course, of course”

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Kathy

Let’s say you decide to write a blog about horses.  But you know practically Zero about horses.  What to say, what to say?  You could tell about your own horse experience. 1.  Family used to go horseback riding–maybe two or … Continue reading →

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Get your Hometown History assignment in before the Rapture, please.

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Kathy

OK, photography and history buffs, get on the mark!  You’re being challenged by Scott Thomas over at Views Infinitum with Assignment 13:  Hometown History.  (Click on the link to see what it’s all about.  Hint:  assignment due next Wednesday, May … Continue reading →

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Hummingbird status

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Kathy

Just wanted to tell you first thing this morning.  Hummingbirds have been spotted in both Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas.  My mom put up the feeder down in Yale on Friday.  She offered a “signficant” prize for the person who … Continue reading →

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Blossoms of family

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Kathy

How often do we pause to reflect that our family can be as precious as a blooming tree? How often do we remember to give thanks for the blossoms of our family, the precious blooms of our connection? It’s good … Continue reading →

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Holy Adventure, Batman!

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Kathy

Sorry, kids.  Shades of childhood memories. (The Batman reference, that is.) Want to guess why? Because I’ve hopped in the car and driven almost 550 miles to my hometown of Yale, Michigan, to surprise my parents!  That’s why. For about … Continue reading →

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Finding my famous niece, Jillian, in Houghton on Thursday evening

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Kathy

OK, readers.  First we have to define the word “famous”.  I’m calling my niece, Jillian, “famous” because she’s in Martha Stewart’s Wedding magazine (somewhere around page 100) in the spring issue. Now we know she’s not famous like Cindy Crawford … Continue reading →

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While we enjoy vacation in “Paradise”…a murder two blocks from my parent’s home in Lower Michigan

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Kathy

We have been dreadfully sad since yesterday.  My brother, Scot, called at 7:15 a.m.  My mom said, “Oh no,” as the telephone rang at that early hour.  She hurried to answer the phone here in Fort Myers Beach. Two blocks … Continue reading →

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