by mary1988 | Sep 20, 2013 | 2013
My heart was pounding beneath a rain coat crushed against my body by a stiff lifejacket zipped firmly from waist to neck. Sheets of rain engulfed me as I attempted to keep the sailboat pointed into the wind, to keep gale force winds from grabbing the giant mainsail...
by mary1988 | Aug 23, 2013 | 2013
If you are a Michigan resident, would you take a moment to consider signing a petition you will find at www.tinyurl.com/SaugatuckDunes ? The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is currently considering a wetlands fill permit needed to...
by mary1988 | Aug 9, 2013 | 2013
Several years ago I spoke with my Congressman about the need to fund the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. He told me I was the only one who ever contacted him about the Great Lakes. “Jobs,” he said. “All I hear about is the need for jobs.” To him I was a flyer. A...
by mary1988 | Jul 31, 2013 | 2013
I stand before Lake Michigan listening to the roar of waves crashing wildly against the sand. It has been days since she was calm, as if she knows of the recent recommendation made by the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee to slash the funding for the Great...
by mary1988 | Jul 3, 2013 | 2013
It was my grandmother, a woman known as “Mom,” who first taught me the meaning of family. A widower since her youngest twins were just shy of eleven, she asked her seven children to gather after World War II to celebrate the safe return of her sons. It became...
