My article at Pajamas Media about spring coming to the Northwoods is up! Here’s an excerpt: As I stood at the kitchen window that faced south toward the gravel parking lot of our canoe livery and fly shop, I felt the breeze drift in. I stopped what I was doing, closed my eyes, and took [...]

In case some of you didn’t know, I do most of my blogging about conservative politics. I write primarily at Wizbang as well as my personal political site Politics @ Up North Mommy. I also write columns and articles for several news organizations including the Washington Examiner and Pajamas Media. A few weeks ago one [...]

For A Sunday Drive, I didn’t go very far, just across the street to the public AuSable River launch. This is where we put our customers in the water.    These are some of the canoes that are waiting for our customers.  The people who are working with the little rafts are private users.   I [...]

Tomorrow, will be the first Sunday Drive post of the Spring/Summer season. I know exactly where I’m going to go to grab some photos so stop back here tomorrow afternoon and check them out.

I am so excited about this. We are going to buy a newer SUV at the end of our season because our 2005 Dodge Durango has over 108,000 miles on it. Since we have three kids and we live in northern Michigan we need a 4WD vehicle with a third row seat, and that can [...]

I was talking to a friend on the phone when I looked out the dining room window and spotted a very unusual, I’d even say exotic, bird on my front deck. I managed to get a picture with my Blackberry: You can’t tell from the above pictures but he has a really long tail feather. [...]

Natalie installed my new header for me today. If you are still seeing the pink plaid header, do a hard refresh by hitting the shift key on your computer while clicking refresh on your browser. That should clear your cache and allow you to see my new header.

I’ve been writing the weekly feature I am Blissfully Domestic every Monday night for what will be 29 weeks tomorrow. It’s hard to believe that so much time has passed.  Seriously, my first I am BD post was on November 3rd, the day before election day. Doesn’t that feel like a world ago?  Anyway, if [...]

My daughter loves to watch Bambi as I’m certain many children do.  It’s got to be in many families’ movie collections.  I must confess, though, that I never saw the movie, not once, until my daughter did, which was last year some time. The movie gives me a sense of foreboding that I just don’t [...]

I asked my blog designer, Natalie, to make a new summer header for me.  I was looking for something, well, summery. Bright, fun, laidback. She designed some new patterns and I really like the one I picked out.  It should be ready soon, and I’m excited to show it off.   If you have never [...]