It’s summer and for my family that always meant an annual vacation. In many ways, think of it like a Chevy Chase vacation. As I look back on life now, I realize how blessed my brother and I were to have grown up in a family where a vacation happened every year. That ritual was one my wife ...
The photos. You see them on social media. Magical, perfectly aesthetic mementos of a family vacation. A beautiful city, mountains, waves in the background. Everyone dressed nicely and smiling as though they’d reach their happy place. A moment as perfect as the setting. What goes on before ...
In a display of Stockholm Syndrome, the White House Correspondents' Association invited Donald Trump to be the keynote speaker at their annual festival of self-appreciation. Because he is who he is, he did not take the opportunity to do the kind of gentle press ribbing that past presidents ...
I recently listened to a Pints With Aquinas podcast episode with guest Malcolm Guite, an author and poet. What he had to say about stories and poetry was quite fascinating. It revived something inside me and made me think about story in a new way. I pulled out my copy of “The Rime of the ...
Every July presidents and trustees from Michigan’s 28 community colleges and three tribal schools come together for a summer conference. This year the event was held at Mission Point on Mackinac Island. Organized by the Michigan Community College Association, the advocacy group based in ...
Drive any back road in Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, Oscoda, or Presque Isle County and you will see two truths side by side. The first is the beauty of this place — the shoreline, the forests, the small towns where neighbors still know one another by name. The second is quieter, and it lives ...
