Tag Archives: Michigan

The “Soo”

Posted on 25 June, 2012 by Kate

  Isn’t it odd how one person’s extreme northern frontier is another’s balmy southern coast depending on where you stand? And so it is with Sault Ste. Marie. To Michiganders, the “Soo” is a northern outpost of trappers and mushers. … Continue reading →

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Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan. The stuff of memories

Posted on 31 May, 2012 by Kate

  You might think that memories from growing up in Detroit would be tinged with gray and scented with diesel fumes and burned rubber, but you’d be wrong. Some of my favorite childhood memories from Detroit include: eating blintzes my … Continue reading →

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Back to being trailer trash

Posted on 23 May, 2012 by Kate

  My trailer looked very small and frail beside my son’s big pole barn where it had spent the winter. Before I left for New York City last October, I had cleaned its rubber roof and waxed its fiberglass skin; … Continue reading →

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