Bemidji (which is the Ojibwe word meaning “frozen brass monkey”) is located in northern Minnesota, and sits quietly on the beautiful and placid lake of the same name. Continue reading
Category Archives: Slice of Americana
Lemons to Lemonade: Biloxi’s Tree Art
After days of destruction, Hurricane Harvey continues its path into the heartland of America. Authorities are calling the destruction and flooding in Houston and along the Texas coast some of the worst in US history. Continue reading
And Then the Museum Docent Said, “But Have You Been to the Nudist Camp?”
The large, brown oak door stood partially open, the cavernous foyer was empty, and the museum was, as best we could tell, deserted. Continue reading
Roadside Americana: Read Between The Signs
Your probably aren’t aware of it, but your sartorial life would be very different if it weren’t for the small town of Meadville in the northwest corner of Pennsylvania. Continue reading
A Root Beer River and Cyan Sea
For heat-seared Southerners searching for a respite, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is the perfect place in summer. Temperatures that probably scorch cold-hardened Yoopers (residents of the UP – as in UPers), seem downright refreshing to us. Continue reading
Queen of the Gypsies: Long May She Reign
Want to see the graves of Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, and Charles Darwin? Then it’s off to London’s Westminster Abbey. Have a hankering to visit the final resting place of Kelly Mitchell, aka “Queen of the Gypsies?” Continue reading
“Frisky” Buffalo In Our Tent Camp
Terri and I are avid campers and have been since our university days. We’ve camped from coast to coast and border to border. Before we got our tiny popup last summer, we were tent campers. Continue reading
