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Photo that hangs at Birdsong Cottage, Hubbard Lake, M 9/21/25 I write this morning from our cottage on Hubbard Lake, Michigan.  It is...

Possibility Soft and contrasting lights illuminate A way forward, but Up or Out? In or Out?  Warm or cool? Soon, Now or Later? Here, in...

How does one capture the beauty and essence of moonlight? I offer three answers: 1) a photo by Diane Elizabeth, photographer; 2) a poem...

Those of us of a certain age remember a cartoon character named “Woody Woodpecker”,  but who among us knows which order of (Picidae) he...

Like a circle in a spiral. like a wheel within a wheel. Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel. Like a snowball down a...

2025 will be remembered by the Woliver Clan as the year our matriarch Dorsey Lou Woliver passed from this life, and the year the newest...

My view of Hubbard Lake looking East As I sat in my lawn chair gazing out at Hubbard Lake, the following lyrics came to mind. Roll out...

Reading to our granddaughters is one of the joys of grandparenthood and my favorite series of short stories is by Arnold Lobel entitled,...

One of the great joys of summer at Merry Mount is watching the swallows glide across the pasture as we mow on the zero-turn, or as we sit...

July 25, 2025 “aplacecalledmerrymount”   Sometimes during moments of solitude, I ponder the lives of others who lived in this old house...

The Cambridge Dictionary defines Enchantment as: a feeling of great pleasure and attraction, especially something very beautiful...

Holding a bowl of plenty over his head, displaying a broad smile, and exposing a big belly mirrored in a crystal ball, the world is his...

This week, Americans will celebrate the signing of the “Declaration of Independence” that officially formed our nation.  It took Thomas...

Hubbard Lake, Michigan The Lake Isle of Innisfree I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay...

Michelangelo's "The Creation of Man" June 15, 2025 Let’s begin with KJV: Matthew I, verses 1&2 and 17: The book of the generation of...

6/8/25 Today I echo a shout out from my daughter Caroline. Justice flows in our blood, for Caroline's paternal grandmother's maiden name...

5/31/25 Yesterday was a glorious day at Hubbard Lake, Michigan: cloudless blue skies, a steady breeze, 65 degrees, a perfect day for a...

Here is the story of how the red field poppy came to be known as an internationally recognized symbol of Remembrance. From its...

As a family, we call ourselves the “Nautical Bunch” and we consist of a full-sized bed, a chest of drawers, and a dresser with a mirror...

5/11/25 Today will be bitter/sweet. I will enjoy a family brunch celebrating three wonderful mothers and will revel as their children...