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Location Independence: Road Trip Version

During the build-up to Christmas last month, we blew right through the anniversary of our first six months of location independence. Things are working out great! We are extremely happy with our decision overall, and are excited to build further on this preliminary foundation. Last year as we were planning for Pete’s departure from his job, [...]

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MUNISING – A FINE FOREVER

If Grand Island is the head, and Munising‘s deep water harbor is the neck, then Munising itself is a rough-hewn, semi-precious necklace on a leathery cord. From wherever you might be along its grid of tree-named streets, your eye is drawn beyond the pretty face of its anchorage to the Big Water beyond. Nestled against [...]

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FOUND AT BRUSH RIDGE IN 1937

As far as I’ve known for over 50 years, there were only two existing photographs of my father as a child. In one that might have been his Baptism Day, he is dressed in white lawn, cradled in his older brother’s lap in front of what looks like the spoke of a Model T‘s wheel. [...]

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