by mary1988 | Jun 19, 2018 | 2018
Uncharted Waters is available July 3rd from your favorite local bookstoreor online retailer. I wrote the book, Uncharted Waters, so that others might experience the Great Lakes, join me in celebrating and protecting them. This is...
by mary1988 | Jun 3, 2018 | 2018
I was raised to believe I could make a difference, that I could use my talents to help create a better world. According to my parents, the key was a strong, balanced education. Math and English. Science and Art. History and Physical...
by mary1988 | May 18, 2018 | 2018
The year was 2015. Patty Birkholz was no longer my state senator but, as always, I was learning from this woman who championed the Great Lakes, who worked tirelessly to protect our watersheds, who advocated for Michigan’s state parks.“When you look at an issue...
by mary1988 | Apr 19, 2018 | 2018
It is the last, lone leaf on the oak tree that calls to me, that pulls my thoughts away from the all-consuming conundrum that has shadowed me for monthsI was born with “Responsibility” tattooed across my shoulders. First—and always, with family. Then with career. And...
by mary1988 | Mar 30, 2018 | 2018
I have not thought about my first mentor in decades, not until I saw a young woman standing on the edge of a dune, photographing a Lake Michigan sunset. Evening after breathtakingly beautiful evening. “Can you do it?” asked Nick Sharkey, the managing editor for the...
