Great-lakes
Charles Dickens at 200 Destination: Ohio, 1842 Book: American Notes by Charles Dickens It would be quite unthinkable to let this month pass without paying homage to the 2nd centenary of one of our greatest and most popular writers–Charles Dickens, born February, 1812 (probably February 7). I’ve been dipping into some Dickens’ travel writing to supplement [...]
CONTEST OVER (One reader today through Sunday night will win BOTH this audio book and another one. See end of post.) Destination: Michigan, near Traverse City Audio Book: Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly Put the mystery writer Janet Evanovich together with romance writer Dorien Kelly and this is what you [...]
Destination: Mansfield, Ohio Movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) When I hear the term “movie magic,” rather than think of the technology– shadows move around so that we think they are real–I think of the magic as an unknowable X factor that appears for the fortunate few movies. Casablanca had it. Recently The King’s Speech had it. [...]
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Note: See my exchange article at Wandering Educators about best books to read for Nova Scotia. Destination: Minnesota, Lake Superior Book: A View of the Lake: Living the Dream on Lake Superior by Beryl Singleton Bissell A GUEST POST from Jessie Voigts of Wandering Educators.com Regular partner, Jessie Voigts, has let us use a snippet from her [...]
Destination: Lake Michigan Book: A Walk on the Beach: One Woman’s Trek of the Perimeter of Lake Michigan, (NEW 5/2011) by Loreen Niewenhuis. Just a little lakeside stroll–a stroll on steroids. Loreen Niewenhuis‘ stroll, detailed in the travel memoir A 1000-Mile Walk on the Beach, took six months to complete because although she walked a total [...]
The Great American Road Trip Destination: The Great Lakes, Middle America (U.S. and Canada) Book: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists of the GREAT LAKES (2008) by Ted McClelland
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Steve Hamilton’s mystery novel series set near the town of Paradise in Upper Peninsula Michigan, are true to their location, my travels confirm.
