My husband and I just spent a few more days on Douglas Lake. A highlight of the reprise was a walk in Otsego County’s Louis M. Groen Nature Preserve, in Johannesburg, Michigan. The park is new and still in process; the bequest will eventually total 800 acres. The first thing you notice at Groen is… Continue reading Douglas Lake, II
Tag: Walking
Random Reading
One of my profs in grad school espoused what he called random reading. “On the way to the library,” he said, “memorize a license plate number. If the first number is odd, turn left when you enter the library; if it’s even, turn right.” Succeeding numbers determined floor, aisle, shelf, and book. However many numbers… Continue reading Random Reading
Officially Fall
When the weather is really hot, a flock of cedar waxwings likes to fly through the spray of a fountain near here. They are no doubt feeding on the wing, but they look like they’re playing. The fountain, an aerator in a retention pond, shoots water fifteen feet or so up into the air, and… Continue reading Officially Fall
Buttonbush
Yesterday morning at dog-walking time, my husband was leaving on an errand and kindly agreed to drop the dog and me off a ways up Huron Parkway. This put us in territory outside our normal range–too far from home for us to walk there and back but terrific for just walking home. The dog… Continue reading Buttonbush