Placid and turbulent, the waters of the Great Lakes offer a platform for thought, adventure, and environmental consciousness. Along its coast are interesting people and places where something is happening. These notes are from within this space.
Placid and turbulent, the waters of the Great Lakes offer a platform for thought, adventure, and environmental consciousness. Along its coast are interesting people and places where something is happening. These notes are from within this space.
Does nature have rights? We have enough trouble ensuring that human beings have equal rights, much less equity in a free society. But does water, …
When will the courts honor the rights of nature? Read More »
On land surrounding the lakes there are four seasons, more or less. In some areas, spring is a split second and autumn extends long into …
“The sun shines for an average of three hours per day, making most days gloomy and mildly wet. The sea temperature in January is 37.4 …
Searching for Jim Harrison and a sense of the northern winter Read More »
If you’re isolated somewhere near the Midwest and want to do something that’s really socially distant and really cold, consider surfing the Great Lakes. Well, …
John Hartig looks out the window at his converted cottage on Hickory Island and sees freighters passing on the Detroit River to the east and …
John Hartig helps us connect rivers with lakes, and good stewardship of both Read More »
Hayes Scriven has a priceless view of perhaps’s America’s greatest lake — Superior. It’s a view that captivated Scriven as a student at the University …
Drawn to the fury, majesty, and history of Lake Superior Read More »
Bell’s “Two-Hearted Ale,” named after the river in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that inspired Ernest Hemingway’s tale, is the finest craft beer in America. Bell’s “Third …
This ‘Freshwater Coast’ is the third coast of America Read More »
What lies below the surface is intriguing: in literature, in psychoanalysis, and in archeology. In spirituality one might look beyond the surface. What lies below …
Looking through the surface of the Straits deep into the past Read More »
During the past four years, politicization of the word “swamp” gave that natural environment a bad name. It’s bad enough that the first thing many …
Reflecting on wetlands that we don’t necessarily want to drain Read More »
“The captain waded through flooded passageways, his shins pushing against water, his feet slowed by a current that kept growing. The last of the kerosene …
Capturing the spirits of those who remain ‘Harborless’ Read More »
