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To Wear or Not to Wear Why has wearing a mask become a matter of politics? Is it because The Donald holds a rally in Tulsa, and his attendees, obviously Republicans, follow their leaders and refuse to mask as a symbol of loyalty? Is it Trump loyalty when he has a megachurch rally for young people in Yuma with few donning a face mask? This man has zero compassion when it comes to the safety of his followers, who are at risk of possible life-altering debilitating illness or even death. The “lemmings over a cliff ” idea comes to mind when Trump’s followers are required to sign liability waivers, designed solely to protect himself, at his events. We may be witnessing the slow dance to eternity by our young people. This terrible disease is far from over; we are not out of the first stage. Experts say we will be at 200,000 deaths by this fall. We now see hundreds of young people on the beaches and in taverns, very few wearing masks. When I encounter people not wearing masks, I distance myself, looking away, to make sure they get the message. I wear my mask for your protection; please afford me the same courtesy and wear the damn mask! W.D. Bushey, Elmwood Township Government for the Few In the 19th century, an oligarchy emerged, composed of men who made their fortunes through railroads, steel, oil, and financial empires. They ushered the nation into an industrial revolution that vastly expanded economic output. But they also corrupted government, suppressed wages, generated unprecedented levels of inequality, shut down competitors, and made out like bandits — hence the name “robber barons.” World War I and the Great Depression crushed much of the robber baron’s wealth, and with the election of FDR in 1932 and Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, their power was curtailed. During FDR’s New Deal, economic inequality was reduced through the creation of the largest middle class in America. Around 1980, another American
oligarchy emerged. Between 1980 and 2019, the share of the nation’s total household income going to the richest more than doubled, while the earnings of the bottom 90 percent barely rose. The extremely affluent now own as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent of households combined. This increased concentration of wealth has been accompanied by a dramatic increase in political power of the superwealthy and an equally dramatic decline in the political influence of everyone else. The power shift is related to the amount of big money in politics. In the 2016 elections, the extremely wealthy accounted for 40 percent of all campaign contributions; that’s in contrast to 1980, when the extremely wealthy accounted for only 15 percent of all contributions. It’s no wonder that over 80 percent of the 2017 tax cut went to the wealthy and will cost us $2 trillion in deficits over 10 years. As long as the extremely wealthy control the purse strings, there will be no substantial tax increase for them, no antitrust enforcement, and a dismantling of regulations. Ronald Marshall, Petoskey More Love and Statistics, Please Herb Fris, in his June 22 letter, references author and journalist Lloyd Marcus, who has poignantly observed, “The greatest threat to black lives is other blacks.” This is thinking I have heard before. Given the history of oppression and racism African Americans have experienced by whites, I find this notion to be totally ridiculous. It is also interesting that I have never heard reference to the idea that white lives are threatened by all those white folks murdering other whites. Perhaps Mr. Fris can dig up those statistics. Mr. Fris ends his letter by stating “We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.” However, earlier he characterizes Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. as “Democrat urban hellholes.” With a description such as that, I doubt the residents of those fine cities are feeling his love. Fred Niles, Manistee Not Noble, but Nonsensical Back in May, Representative Jack O’Malley circulated an opinion piece he wrote that harped on that the duration of the governor’s coronavirus lockdown was a constitutional overreach. He felt “balance” was urgent, lest the governor’s executive power threatens to “nullify our constitution.” By the time O’Malley expressed his concerns, he had already displayed his idea and methods on how to achieve this “balance.” First, he instigated the four county sheriffs of District 101 to issue a statement proclaiming that they, as lastditch defenders of our U.S. Constitution, would pick and choose what laws they would execute regarding the coronavirus lockdown. This peculiar assumption by O’Malley and the sheriffs comes out of a network that calls itself the Constitutional Sheriffs and Police Officers Association (CSPOA). It’s the spawn of a variety of far-right organizations and movements of recent
decades that preach things like antiSemitism, white supremacy, anti-gun control, and anti-government paranoia. Because of this, no one could be blamed for assuming that O’Malley is attracted to such pathetically ignorant nonsense. Second, O’Malley praised and encouraged the April rallies in Lansing — in which gun-toting demonstrators sporting messages of intimidation and harm aimed at the governor — barged into the Capitol to protest pandemic lockdown measures. O’Malley is trying pass himself off as a noble defender of what he conjures up as a threat to constitutional checks and balances, but his tactics clearly indicate a lack of maturity, judgement, and deliberation needed to address such an issue. Without a doubt, there are folks who have no problem with O’Malley’s antics, but any of his constituents with common sense and decency will be ashamed that he represents our district. Allen McCullough, Interlochen A Broken Wheel “E. Pluribus Unum” is written on the Great Seal of the United States of America. Our national motto, “One out of Many,” may be envisioned via the image of a large wheel. This constitutional wheel is comprised of one hub and 50 politically identical spokes. When assembled, this union creates unity, equality, and interdependence, as well as strength and stability. The hub has no functional power until the union of spokes turns it. Likewise, the spokes have no communal power without the unifying power of the hub. Professor John Rawls, in his 1993 book, “Political Liberalism,” outlines how a diverse democratic society should function in our federal system: “A modern democratic society is characterized not simply by a pluralism of comprehensive religious, philosophical, and moral doctrines, but by a pluralism of incompatible, yet reasonable comprehensive doctrines ... Political liberalism also supposes that a reasonable comprehensive doctrine does not reject the essentials of a democratic regime. Of course, a society may also contain unreasonable and irrational and even mad comprehensive doctrines. In this case, the problem is to contain them so that they do not undermine the unity and justice of society.” Our nation is now confronted with a doctrine that undoubtedly rejects the essentials of a democratic regime. It is a doctrine that, under our constitutional system, is not only unreasonable and irrational; it is criminal. No individual or group has a constitutional right to assemble, burn, loot, maim, and murder. These are the actions of domestic terrorists. No one has a constitutional right to declare violence as a form of political speech protected by the First Amendment. There is little doubt this nation owes a debt to Black Americans — but not for slavery. That debt was paid in blood at Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, and at Ford’s Theater. The debt we owe is owed by the Democratic party, academic and media elites, and by each one of their selfrighteous sign-carrying voters. It is time to contain Black Lives Matter and Antifa. Steve Redder, Petoskey
CONTENTS features Crime and Rescue Map.....................................7
King of Beaver Island.......................................10 Classic Resorts...............................................14 Fly-tying Legend..............................................17 Dunesmobile Days...........................................19 Old-fashioned Summer Road Trips....................21 Opa!...............................................................22 Hand Me My Highball Doll................................26
columns & stuff Top Ten...........................................................5 Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 Opinion..............................................................8 Weird.................................................................9 Cocktail Creations.............................................13 Advice........................................................25 Dates..............................................................28 Crossword...................................................33 Astro..........................................................33 Classifieds..................................................35
On the cover: A flashback photo from White Birch Lodge’s pulled-boat entry in the Elk Rapids’ Harbor Days parade, taken about a year after Cliff and Ruby Conrad opened their lodge on Elk Lake. Pictured from left: Mary Gosline, Peggy (Conrad) Zachman, Rick Conrad, and “driver” Teddy Artz. Photo courtesy of White Birch Lodge.
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Dublin General Store Rising from the Ashes The Manistee County country market that burned to the ground in an August 2019 arson fire is nearing its reopening. Investigators have never announced an arrest in the arson fire that consumed the only grocery store in this rural Manistee County community. The loss of the store has been a hardship for residents — it’s 28 miles from Dublin to the nearest large store in Manistee, and 36 miles to Cadillac. By the end of July, however, they’re in for a treat: A store that’s double the size of the one that was lost is expected to celebrate its grand reopening, according to the store’s Facebook page. The post reads: “Making progress on this beautiful day! Thank you everyone for your continued support, we would not be who we are without our loyal customers! We are still keeping our fingers crossed to be opened by the end of July! We will keep everyone updated as we continue making our way on this journey!”
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tastemakers torch lake beer co.’s jalepeñ0 poppers
Jalapeño poppers are a staple at most restaurants and bars. And, usually, the simple appetizer doesn’t stray far from the basic concept — jalapeños stuffed with cream cheese — which leaves little room for improvement. However, Torch Lake Beer Co. has elevated the simplicity of the dish to perfection. Torch Lake Beer Co.’s poppers are structurally different from run-of-the-mill poppers. They aren’t stuffed, but layered. The jalapeño pepper is halved and loaded with cream cheese, then-topped with a slice of bacon from Plath’s Meats. Unlike traditional poppers, the design safeguards your mouth from being assaulted by oozing-hot cream cheese. The ingredients are also quality, including the jalapeños, which are sourced from Cherry Street Market in Kalkaska, and smoked on-site. Each order is made from scratch, instead of heated from frozen. “We smoke them out back to the point where they get a little mushy but still have a bite to them,” Chef Ryan Thomas said. “We make them to order.” Find them at Torch Lake Beer Co., open 11am through 11pm every day, at 9149 Helena Rd., Alden. (231) 331-6124, www.torchlakebeerco.com
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Hey, watch this! LOVE, VICTOR
The groundbreaking coming-of-age coming-out movie, Love, Simon, got a sequel for Pride month. But rather than go a more traditional route, the follow-up is a 10-episode TV series for Hulu that focuses on a new teenager, Victor, as he navigates his conservative Latino family’s cross-country move, a new school, making friends, and whether or not he might be gay. Guiding him along the way is the now-grown and living-in-NYC Simon, whom Victor emails for advice and support. With the same creative team behind the new series, it’s just as lovable, sweet, emotional, humorous, and charming as its predecessor. And it’s also just as important of a representation milestone.
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Tribe Gets Closer to Recognition
A Michigan Indian tribe cleared a hurdle in their years-long efforts to achieve federal recognition after the U.S. Department of Justice abandoned its appeal of a federal judge’s ruling that sent the tribe’s bid back to the U.S. Department of Interior. The Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians have been arguing for years that they deserve federal recognition, a status that would allow tribal members access to healthcare through the federal government, among other things. The Band’s ties to the Burt Lake area go back ages and were tragically severed in the “Indian Village Burnout” of 1900, when a corrupt speculator and a county sheriff evicted 19 families from land they had been granted in a treaty, and set their homes on fire. The saga and the struggle for recognition was featured in the story “Burnout” in the March 22, 2015, edition of Northern Express.
Stuff we love Responsible Decision-making So the Detroit Red Wings announced last week they won’t travel north to Traverse City’s Centre Ice this year. Instead, they’ll hold the team’s 2020 Training Camp close to home, at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, and put the 2020 NHL Prospect Tournament and Training Camp Golf Classic on hold, as well. The good news? Two items, we think. The first, Red Wings Executive Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman’s conviction: “The health and safety of our fans, players and staff is our top concern.” And two: When the risk to Northerners, the team, and staff is more assured, the Wings and their much-beloved events will return in 2021. Says Yzerman: “We look forward to returning to Traverse City next year. The Traverse City community is extremely hospitable to our organization, and Centre Ice Arena is an ideal location for us to hold our events each September.”
fort mackinac base ball On July 18, a vintage game of “base ball” — as it was originally called — will be played on the old Fort Mackinac ball field (the oldest continually used ball field in Michigan) as it was in the 1870s: barehanded and by gentlemen’s rules. Spectators — formerly known as “cranks” — will learn an old-fashioned cheer, watch players get fined for smoking cigars on the field, and enjoy the Fort Mackinac Never Sweats’ good old-fashioned rivalry against the Portland Blue Sox. Tickets are $4 per adult, $2 per kid age 5–12. www.mackinacparks.com
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Walk a Mile, Then Judge To my fellow Petoskey-ite Herb Fris, regarding your June 22 letter. I thought a brief history lesson might help you see the error in your judgment. You use the term “Democratic Hellholes” to refer to the ghettos in our major cities, and you infer they were created by the Democrats. For 200 years, racism in its overt form — lynching, rape, and selling off family members — took on a covert form after World War II: the red-lining of districts by realtors, insurance agents, and, yes, politicians of both parties who condoned this type of segregation. In Detroit, my hometown, there is an actual wall still standing today, built to separate white from black. A wall. Sound familiar as a solution to a serious issue? The fear and race-baiting by white men of all stripes was legendary in our inner cities from 1940 until present. The good Christians of our ancestors, with love in their hearts, worshiped God on Sunday and then hung a human being on Monday. My Father, born and raised on Mackinac Island remembers his best friend’s grandfather recounting when the whites ripped children from their parents for some greater purpose — with love in their hearts, of course. We whites need to stop thinking we’re somehow better than others less fortunate, and realize much of our good fortune is based on a system that is rigid for non-whites. There is a saying told to many black children: “You need to be twice as good to get half as far” — and yet they’re still shot in the back while jogging. Until you walk in another’s shoes, you really shouldn’t presume you know their condition. If you’d like to enlighten yourself on how it must feel to raise a child to adulthood, only to watch that child destroyed by the system we whites have built, read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “ Between The World and Me.” Jim McIntyre, Petoskey
Seek Truth, No Matter Your Party Why do many voters believe the lies and fabrications from Trump and his party propaganda —even when proven false? Military historian Dr. Lynette Nusbacher surfaced one possibility on History Channel’s Witness to War: Fall of Berlin: She said that during WWII, many Germans’ unquestionable belief in Nazi propaganda resulted in their unthinking acceptance of the falsehoods spread by Hitler and his propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels (e.g., Germans were the master race and were winning the war — even while losing). Nusbacher noted, “Their faculties for critical thinking had been so impaired by a generation of lies that even when the truth was staring them in the face, many of them failed to see it.” Such intellectual inability to separate fact from fiction achieves propaganda’s objective: believability. Another possibility is purposeful ignorance, an unwillingness to uncover the truth. With absolute party loyalty, some citizens simply discount facts and credible scholarly, scientific, and non-partisan research, and accept propaganda’s falsehoods as truth. Research and analysis —the efforts to discover truth — are neglected. By being misinformed and unwilling to expose lies, purposeful ignorance jeopardizes our democracy. As American novelist William Gaddis pointed out: “Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance.” Neither possibility — purposeful ignorance leading to stupidity, nor unquestionable belief leading to intellectual inability — is an acceptable practice for voters. We must be critical-thinking factcheckers to uncover truth buried in party propaganda. We must determine who benefits from legislative acts and proposals that determine our nation’s health, safety, education, environment, and economy in order to identify the best candidates for political office. Our youth, our future leaders, depend on us to elect qualified and trustworthy candidates who will abide by the United States Constitution and obey their oaths of office — not big money or party! Discover truth to attain this goal. For America’s future, we must! William D. Steeves Jr., Traverse City
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ENDANGERING US IS NOT A RIGHT spectator by Stephen Tuttle We know a little but still don’t know much. We know, for example, our refusal to social distance or wear a mask in public spaces makes the spread worse. We know the states that refused to mandate those simple actions are now epicenters of surging infections. We know hot weather doesn’t kill it. If it did, there wouldn’t be hot spots in hot states like Florida or Texas or, especially, Arizona. We know heat will ultimately kill it, but the temperature required is at least 137 degrees. We know the bug can stay active while airborne for up to 4 minutes — not long, until you remember how many people you pass in public or in a store in that time. We know it can stay active on some surfaces up to 72 hours but, in real-world situations, not usually in sufficient quantity to transfer infections. We also know the somewhat mystical properties of copper surfaces will kill the virus, but even that can take up to four hours.
We don’t know if a recovered patient is immune to reinfection or for how long. We don’t know why some “recovered” patients become ill again. We don’t know the long-term effects on, or if there is permanent damage to, recovering patients. We don’t even know if COVID-19 antibodies provide immunity. We’re ignorant enough to stop being cavalier about it. Especially since the death rate is nearly 5 percent of infected patients, almost 50 times higher than the seasonal flu. In Michigan, the death rate is almost 9 percent. It has always been assumed that rate will decrease as more testing is done, but that hasn’t yet been the case. It’s also assumed we are dramatically undercounting the number of infected, which, if true, would likely reduce the death-rate percentage — unless we’re undercounting coronavirus deaths, too.
We’ve not been asked to pay higher taxes or ration gas or save paper or metal or do much of anything. Neither social distancing nor wearing a face covering when such distancing is impossible are infringements on anybody’s liberties. We know COVID-19 wants to attack the lungs but and also cause blood clots and subsequent strokes and cause or contribute to liver damage, kidney damage, cognitive impairment, and particularly dangerous inflammation issues. We know the notion that this is primarily a threat to older populations is no longer true. More than 30 percent of recent hospitalizations in Florida involved patients aged 15– 34. Nationally, 7 percent of those under 49 are testing positive, while only five percent of those over 65 are. We know the bug has mutated since it first appeared in China, making it significantly more contagious. We know avoiding gatherings of people is still the best prevention. We know staying home, social distancing, wearing a mask in public, testing, and contact tracing are the only defenses we have. But we still don’t know a frightening amount. For starters, we don’t know how to prevent it or how to cure it. We don’t know why some infected people are asymptomatic and why some people without underlying conditions get very sick. We don’t know why some patients become ill progressively over time and some get very sick very quickly. We don’t know exactly why it causes blood clots or vascular inflammatory problems in patients, especially younger patients. We don’t know exactly why kidney, liver, and brain damage can be a side effect in some patients.
The foolishness of all this is we know how to slow the spread and have for some time. Apparently, we’re just too stupid or stubborn — or both — to follow the simplest directions. It’s not as if we’re being asked to make huge sacrifices. To be sure, those losing jobs or businesses sacrificed plenty. But almost nothing has been asked of the rest of us. We’ve not been asked to pay higher taxes or ration gas or save paper or metal or do much of anything. Neither social distancing nor wearing a face covering when such distancing is impossible are infringements on anybody’s liberties. There is no Constitutional protection that allows us to endanger other people by being irresponsible. Left on their own, every state conjured up their own rules. Some, like Michigan, were more stringent than others. Those that heeded the clarion call to loosen rules and reopen their economies have seen huge spikes in cases while we have flattened the curve despite some recent bumps. But if we keep seeing gatherings like we did last weekend on Lake St. Clair, a Convention of Numbskulls in boats, we will have our own surge, and Gov. Whitmer will have no choice but to shut us down again. We know masks will reduce the amount of droplets and aerosol spray by up to 50 percent. We know social distancing works even better. Neither of those requirements places an undue burden on the overwhelming majority of us. If you don’t care if you get sick, well, good for you. But you have no right to endanger everybody else. None.
Crime & Rescue CHASE CROSSES MACKINAC BRIDGE A Waterford woman led police on a June 25 chase that started in Gaylord and ended at the Mackinac Bridge toll plaza. State police attempted to pull over the 31-year-old on I-75; when the trooper approached the woman’s 2018 Volkswagen GTI, she sped off. The trooper reported the flight to dispatchers, and other police in the region were put on alert. Soon after, Cheboygan County Sheriff’s deputies spotted the woman’s vehicle and gave chase. As the woman approached the Mackinac Bridge, officials halted traffic. Deputies used stop sticks to deflate the approching vehicle’s tires, but the woman was able to keep driving across the bridge until she made it to the toll plaza, where more police were waiting to arrest her. ATTEMPTED MURDER SUSPECT DEAD A man who was wanted in connection with an attempted murder in Cadillac was found dead downstate. The suspect, 41-year-old Nathan Hornback, had fled a home on Sunnyside Drive in his victim’s Jeep Wrangler on June 27, Cadillac Police said. The victim had been shot twice and was later listed in stable condition at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. Hornback shot himself after a police chase that ended in Howell that same day. He later died in a hospital. MAN CHARGED WITH SERIAL BREAK-INS A man whom police said spent much of the pandemic lockdown breaking into a house near Petoskey faces numerous felony charges. Emmet County Sheriff’s deputies got a report of a possible break-in in Springvale Township June 26, and they responded and arrested 39-year-old Nicholas Jeffrey Bodette. Bodette had broken into the same house repeatedly from March through June, according to a press release. Bodette was charged with five counts of second-degree home invasion, five counts of larceny in a building, and a misdemeanor count of stalking. Sheriff Pete Wallin said in the press release that anyone who suspects Bodette might have broken into their house should call deputies at (231) 439-8900.
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TWO FACE CHARGES IN METH CASE Police said two people face charges after they sold methamphetamine in Gaylord. Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement detectives purchased the drug June 22 from 35-year-old Gaylord resident Jodi Marie McKay, according to a press release. Police said they then surveilled McKay until she met with her alleged supplier, 30-year-old Patrick Bryan Strouse, of Lansing. Soon after, McKay and Strouse were arrested during a traffic stop and charged with numerous felony counts. TWO SUSPECTS FLEE INVESTIGATION When state police tracked down three suspects of a breaking-and-entering investigation at a motel in Mesick, they questioned and released one suspect and arrested the other two — after the pair fled into the woods. State police found the suspects at the Mushroom Cap Motel June 24 and approached one, whom they spotted near a vehicle in the parking lot. While questioning that suspect, police saw the other two suspects in the distance, running through a field away from the motel. They called in the DNR, a K9 unit, and Wexford County Sheriff’s deputies. The police dog tracked down one of the suspects, 27-year-old Jordon Joseph Lamont of Traverse City, to the edge of the Manistee River. (He had apparently tried to swim across but changed his mind.) The other suspect, 25-year-old Alex Michael Alger, of Traverse City, was located later after someone called police about a suspicious person seen emerging from the woods. Alger was also arrested and faces charges of resisting and obstructing police. A search of the vehicle the suspects had been driving turned up evidence from the original breaking and entering investigation, which remains open, according to a press release.
EX-BOYFRIEND CHARGED WITH MURDER A Wexford County man with a history of domestic violence is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend. Wexford County Sheriff’s deputies responded June 29 after dispatchers received a call at 8:16pm from a woman in Buckley who said that her ex-boyfriend was at her home, had a weapon, and was threatening her. When deputies arrived at the home on West South Street, they found the suspect sitting on the front porch of the home. The woman was found inside so severely injured that she was unresponsive. She was later pronounced dead. Deputies arrested the man, a 56-year-old Buckley resident. BODY RECOVERED IN LAKE MARGRETHE A 28-year-old Grayling man was found dead after he went missing while boating on Lake Margrethe. Investigators believe Shivam Patel fell over the side of his boat and drowned amid rough, choppy conditions on the lake. Crawford County Sheriff’s deputies and state police launched a search after an empty boat washed ashore June 27. Divers recovered Patel’s body three days later.
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LIBERTARIAN SOLUTIONS TO REFORMING THE POLICE STATE opinion BY Donna Gundle-Krieg Americans are finally seeing the need to reform the way our society enforces laws, as the issue of police force has been placed front and center before us.
More recently, Grand Rapids’ Justin Amash, the only Libertarian in the U.S. Congress, introduced the first-ever “tri-partisan bill,” which would eliminate qualified immunity.
The Libertarian Party has been ahead of the game for decades on the issues of reforming our criminal justice system.
“The Ending Qualified Immunity Act will … restore Americans’ ability to obtain relief when police officers violate their constitutionally secured rights,” stated Amash.
Since the 1960s, we have advocated for getting rid of laws that create “victimless crimes.” We have long believed in holding police accountable. Last but not least, Libertarians believe that the job descriptions, policies, and procedures of the police departments need to be reformed.
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In fact, back in 1969, Lanny Friedlander, founder of the leading Libertarian magazine, Reason, said, “The police of a free society, engaging in retaliatory force only, enforcing laws of a defensive nature only, would be bound by the same laws they enforced, and would stand fully accountable for their actions.” Achieving this free society starts with getting rid of “victimless crimes.” In other words, we need to minimize the opportunity for the police to act against the public. This means fewer laws, and less intrusive enforcement of the laws that we do have. In 1971, the fledgling Libertarian Party called for “the repeal of all ‘crimes without victims,’ such as the prohibitions on drug use that have driven so much of the escalation in aggressive police tactics.” Fifty years later, the Libertarian Party platform states: “Government force must be limited to the protection of the rights of individuals to life, liberty, and property, and governments must never be permitted to violate these rights.” “We favor the repeal of all laws creating ‘crimes without victims,’ such as gambling, the use of drugs for medicinal or recreational purposes, and consensual transactions involving sexual services.” Voters in Michigan took a huge step toward repealing drug laws when they voted for t he legalization of recreational marijuana. According to Pew Research, in 2018, 40 percent of all arrests in the United States were for marijuana offenses. Making this drug legal certainly helps reduce the opportunity for the police to act against the public. In addition to repealing victimless crimes, Libertarians favor holding government agencies and their employees accountable for their actions. “We support full restitution for all loss suffered by persons arrested, indicted, tried, imprisoned, or otherwise injured in the course of criminal proceedings against them which do not result in their conviction,” the Libertarian Party declared in 1979. “Law enforcement agencies should be liable for this restitution unless malfeasance of the officials involved is proven, in which case they should be personally liable.”
“The brutal killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police is merely the latest in a long line of incidents of egregious police misconduct. This pattern continues because police are legally, politically, and culturally insulated from consequences for violating the rights of the people whom they have sworn to serve.” In addition to holding police officers accountable and eliminating victimless crimes, Libertarians believe that we must take back some of the tremendous power that society has given to police. “Over the last 25 years, America has seen a disturbing militarization of its civilian law enforcement, along with a dramatic and unsettling rise in the use of paramilitary police units for routine police work,” warned the Cato Institute’s Radley Balko in his 2013 book, “Rise of the Warrior Cop.” He explained that he was referring to Special Weapons and Tactics, or SWAT, teams. These types of teams perform “no-knock raids,” which so often end in tragedy when police kick in the wrong door, or when a suddenly awakened resident tries to defend against intruders. This month, Libertarian-leaning Senator Rand Paul introduced legislation to stop the use of no-knock warrants, an idea that Democrats are also pushing in their calls for police reform. The bill requires law enforcement officers to give notice of their authority and purpose before entering a home. In addition to qualified immunity and ending no-knock warrants, there are many other reforms that need to happen. Nearly all Americans favor at least some level of change to the nation’s criminal justice system, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which concluded that “Americans overwhelmingly want clear standards on when police officers may use force and consequences for officers who do so excessively.” Thankfully, Americans are finally agreeing with Libertarians and implementing many of the reforms and policy changes that we have been fighting for decades. The Libertarian party might have the deck stacked against it during elections. However, we have always been the first — and often the only — party to fight the battle against abusive government power. Donna Gundle-Krieg is a Real Estate Broker in Mancelona. She is the political director of Northwest Michigan Libertarians, and will be on the ballot in November as a Libertarian candidate running for Mancelona Township Trustee. Contact her at dokrieg@gmail.com, or see www.nwmichiganlibertarians.org
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KING OF BEAVER ISLAND Author Miles Harvey might have written the most definitive account of the controversial and enigmatic James Strang yet.
By Patrick Sullivan It is possible to make the argument that James Strang is the most interesting person who ever lived in northern Lower Michigan. He was a self-proclaimed prophet, an abolitionist, a con man, possibly a pirate, and he crowned himself king of Beaver Island, ruling over its inhabitants for several years with impunity until his death in 1856. Miles Harvey, author of the “The King of Confidence,” a book about Strang, never makes the argument that Strang is Northern Michigan’s most interesting personality, but he presents its case: Over several hundred exhaustively researched pages, Harvey presents an account of Strang’s life that plays out like a classic narrative of ambition, transgression, success, and, ultimately, failure. Harvey is scheduled to talk about his book at a National Writers’ Series online event on July 14. In the run-up to that event, Northern Express sat down with Harvey for a chat by phone. Northern Express: There have been lots of books written about Strang, and some of them are pretty good, but I don’t think a writer of national prominence has ever come around before who’s been able to place this story in historical context and tell it so crisply. It’s always struck me as strange that that hasn’t happened, because the story was just waiting there. What took you so long? Miles Harvey: I think that, in general, we overlook stories about the Midwest. They get ghettoized often as “Midwestern narratives.” I’ve never believed that as a lifetime Midwesterner. So that’s one factor. The other factors, I think, with the books that came before, a few of which are excellent, they always looked at Strang through the prism of Mormonism and/or local Michigan history, and I saw him as a much bigger figure. I saw him as a lightning rod for all the enthusiasms and excitement and apocalyptic
thinking of the mid-19th century, which was one of the most tempestuous and fertile times in American history. And he just touched on so much of that stuff that I was instantly interested in writing about it. Express: I know that, while it’s a tale that’s not widely known, a lot of people, especially in this part of Michigan, have come across it many times, and there are a lot of variations. I’ve heard different versions of this story with contradictory details. And I know that your book is impeccably researched. There are 60 pages of endnotes. Do you believe that you’ve nailed down the definitive account of Strang’s story? Harvey: Well, when you’re dealing with a figure who’s willing to deceive other people and perhaps deceive himself, it’s hard to pin down a completely accurate version of his character. One thing I’m happy about in the book is that I was able to push the knowledge about him a little further. For instance, not much has been written about him as an abolitionist, and I was able not only to write about his interest in that but also dig back in the files and sort of see where it came from and understand that. Another thing was, you know, there’s always been a defense of him by certain writers about whether he was running a huge criminal enterprise out of Beaver Island. The idea of him and his people being involved in a pirate colony has struck some, not all, but some previous writers, as an example of anti-Mormon bigotry. And while there certainly was, regrettably, much anti-Mormon bigotry at this time in the Midwest, I found solid evidence that the people around him were engaged in crimes. Express: Yeah. That jumped out at me. The horse theft in Perrysburg, Ohio, for instance. Harvey: Yeah. That was stuff that’s never been written about before. There’s a whole chapter in a little town in Ohio where one of Strang’s top lieutenants gets arrested and jailed
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and eventually convicted of horse theft, and Strang comes to town. He was absolutely there, and suddenly his assistant has broken out of jail with the help of conspirators. So that story not only shows that the top people around Strang were systematically engaged in this kind of activity, but that Strang clearly knew about it and was probably engaged in it himself. I mean, I couldn’t say that he was involved directly in the jailbreak, but there was a witness who said he was involved in the jailbreak. So, I think he comes off as much more of a conscious criminal in this in this book, and I just hope a more complex figure in general. I also talk about the fascinating sides of him. You know, he was really interested in the natural history of Northern Michigan and had a piece published in in the Smithsonian annual report, basically about fish in the area. And he also, with one of his wives, worked on a project that the Smithsonian had that was essentially this massive crowd-sourcing project. And it’s just a landmark project because it enabled us to understand weather patterns in the United States Express: You must have come across a lot of the false stories that are out there about Strang. What do you think is the biggest myth about him? Harvey: That’s a great question. Let me just think on that for a minute. Well, one thing I think is a myth is that he was a prophet of God. On the other hand, I also — and this is my opinion — I think he came to believe in himself as a prophet of God. One of the things that I really was interested in with Strang, and you can see it from his earliest days when he left a diary, is this passionate idealism, versus a contempt for other people and a willingness and an ability to deceive them. And I think eventually the darker side of his personality won out. But in the meantime, he made a lot of people believe that he was a divine prophet, and some people still believe it. You know, there’s still a small group of his followers. Some
of them are in Burlington, Wisconsin, where he had his first utopian colony and where he eventually was taken after he was shot on Beaver Island. Express: Have any of those people reacted to the book so far? What kind of reactions have you gotten? Harvey: I haven’t heard from them. I did speak to one of them as I was preparing for the book, and I may hear from him. I’d welcome it. I’m not sure that I’ve sent him a book yet, but I should. I can’t speak for them, but I think even people who follow Strang are probably aware that he was a complex human being. And like Joseph Smith, whatever else you might say about Strang, he was kind of an extraordinary figure in that, first of all, he was a really good writer, in a kind of didactic way. You know, I wouldn’t put him up there with Charles Dickens or Mark Twain or Walt Whitman, but he knew how to put a sentence together. He knew how to make a persuasive argument, and he knew how to manipulate newspapers. A lot of his stuff is really interesting in terms of the literary effort that went into it, you know, stories he told about angels visiting him and about digging up mysterious brass plates that no one else could read except for him. The act of imagination involved in his con was amazing. And I don’t think it was just cynical. I believe that there was something else to him that wanted to lead people. Express: How much did you know about his story before you went into this? Harvey: Not much. To be honest, I kinda got lucky on this book. My agent got a hold of me one day and said an editor from [Little, Brown and Company] wants to talk to you. That editor’s name is Ben George, who knew some of my earlier work and said, “I’m interested in you writing a book proposal — no promises — about
this guy named Strang. You’re a writer I’d really love to work with on this if we can convince other people at Little Brown that it’s a worthy project.” And that was just an incredible opportunity. I have a fellow author and fellow longtime freelance writer friend who once said, “No project is ever as much fun if you didn’t think of it yourself.” But this was one case where that couldn’t be further from the truth. This was kind of the perfect project for me and really early on, I kind of knew the story I wanted to write and how I wanted to write it. Some of those things that come to writers more slowly came quickly on this one to me. Express: I feel like this story resonates with our own times in surprising ways. You write about a society that is contending with rapidly developing forms of communication that are transforming life and causing confusion about what’s true and what’s false, which is sort of leading to chaos. Did you have that in mind as you were writing? Harvey: I recognized early on that there were certain really significant points of comparison between the Antebellum period, which is those decades leading up to the Civil War in the United States, and our own time. And then this huge economic disaster, the Panic of 1837, which was until then the biggest economic crisis in American history, which was very much like what happened in 2008 with us. And there was just a really unstable political situation and a really exciting but shockwavemaking revolution in communications technology, also like our own time. And as a result of all these things, the basic ideas of truth were very much in question. There was in those days a lot of what we might call fake news. Strang — who had been a newspaper editor before he came became a prophet of God and remained a newspaper editor until he was killed in 1856 — was a brilliant manipulator of the new media landscape. He understood that he could not only get in newspapers but in certain ways control the news from far-away Beaver Island, just as now in the social media environment people on troll farms in Russia can control information and affect public opinion. Strang was really brilliant about that. Express: I thought I thought the section describing Strang’s downfall was really interesting. I mean, it was tragic and comical at the same time. Pantaloons are an interesting hill to die on. Harvey: [laughs] I have to quote you and that, that is wonderful. I wish I thought of that when I was writing the book. Yeah, they called it the “Bloomer Revolution” or the “Pantaloon Revolution.” At some point, as things sort of degenerated on his island, he ordered that all women must wear pantaloons, which, if you see pictures of pantaloons. They’re just like these baggy pajama pants with big skirts, but the skirts are a little bit shorter, especially in front. It doesn’t look shocking to us, but it shocked people in the 19th century, and it was really disturbing people on Beaver Island. That having been said, I’ve got to say that I think Strang’s desire to have women wear pantaloons was, as much as anything else, a desire, like a lot of cult leaders have, to control the situation. So, if he orders that everyone must do this thing, it establishes his firm control at a time when he was losing control. And I also think among the people on the island who revolted against him, pantaloons were an issue, but their grudges with Strang were much deeper than what clothes the women had to wear. Express: How much time did you spend on the island while writing this book? Harvey: I only spent a week on the island, and I had a great guide on the island, a woman who’s unfortunately passed away but was a longtime resident and really interested in Strang. She’d been a mayor in suburban Chicago and just
a really super bright, thoughtful woman. But, you know, except for place names, there’s not a lot of evidence of Strang on the island. I mean, he’s everywhere, in terms of place names, right? Including St. James, which is named after him. But there’s only arguably a couple of buildings left. After he was shot, local people raided the island and forced all of his followers off and pretty much made the island their own. That’s when the island becomes more of an Irish island. The Mormons were just wiped out; it wasn’t that they were subsumed. So, there is not much evidence of Strang on the island. I basically wanted to get a sense of what it was like to inhabit that place. I stayed on the southern tip of the island, far away from St. James, by the lighthouse. The year I was there we couldn’t even get a cell signal, and we didn’t have internet, which was a mixed bag for my kids but pretty fun for me and my wife. And you just got the feeling that you were are far away from even the Michigan shore, even Charlevoix, Petoskey, etc. You felt more like you are in a 19th-century place, even though you know you’re only, what — 25 miles away from the mainland? And the island is obviously a stunningly beautiful place. Express: The story would make a great movie, and it would be great if the movie was filmed on location. Who would be a good actor to play Strang? Harvey: My wife’s an actress and she had a list of names. I was thinking of William Macy. He may be a little old now to play Strang, but it would need to be someone like him, someone who can be charming but also has a dark side to him. I could get back to you on that. I gotta say, I think it would make a good movie, too, and I was really happy when Vanity Fair did a little mini-review of it, they said something like, “Ripe for a motion picture treatment” or something like that. I was like, “Yeah!” I agree with you. Beaver Island would be the ideal place to film it. Harvey emailed after the conversation with several other actor suggestions from his wife, actress Rengin Altay, who also voiced the audiobook for “King of Confidence.” She suggested Strang be played by Michael Fassbender, Daniel Bruhl, Orlando Bloom, Ben Foster, or Christian Bale. Harvey’s son, 18-yearold Julian, suggested Jared Leto. “THE KING OF CONFIDENCE” Who was James Strang? We think Mile Harvey’s website summarizes it best: “In the summer of 1843, James Strang, a charismatic young lawyer and avowed atheist, vanished from a rural town in New York. Months later he reappeared on the Midwestern frontier and converted to a burgeoning religious movement known as Mormonism. Following the murder of church founder Joseph Smith, Strang unveiled a letter purportedly from the prophet naming him successor. He then persuaded hundreds of fellow converts to follow him to Beaver Island in northernmost Lake Michigan, where he declared himself a divine king. From this stronghold he controlled a fourth of the state of Michigan, establishing a pirate colony where he practiced plural marriage and perpetrated thefts, corruption, and frauds of all kinds. Eventually, having run afoul of powerful enemies, including the U.S. president, Strang was assassinated, an event that was front-page news across the country.” Harvey’s book is available in stores and online July 14. That night at 7pm, he will join the National Writers Series via Zoom to discuss his work with guest host Jeremiah Chamberlin, a University of Michigan instructor, contributing editor at Poets and Writers magazine, and editorin-chief of Fiction Writers Review. Attending the online NWS event is free, but attendees are asked to register in advance at www. nationalwritersseries.org, where pre-ordering the book — and an optional book-and-Morsels deal — is also available.
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Classic Resorts Perfecting the family summer vacation for generations By Ross Boissoneau As a prime vacation spot, northwestern Lower Michigan is home to a number of different lodging facilities, from rustic campgrounds to high-end condos with nearly every amenity known to mankind. Somewhere in the middle are old-time resorts, which often started as family compounds before opening to the public. They typically boast a central inn with a lakefront view, surrounded by cabins. Beyond that, perhaps a restaurant, tennis and basketball courts, and other family activities. Many draw the same families at the same time each year, so vacations become a time to revisit old pals from across the state or across the country, kindling or rekindling friendships or romances. Many are the stories of couples who first met at one of these summer havens. They also offer extended families an opportunity to reconnect. Multiple generations can come together to celebrate summer, with games of tennis, tetherball, and simple lakeside fun. Here is a sampling of some of these classic resorts from around the region, their history and plans.
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When it was established in 1903, Portage Point Inn was one of a number of expansive wood lodge resorts throughout northwestern Lower Michigan. These days, Portage Point Resort, as it’s now known, is looking to return to those days of elegance while updating to attract today’s vacationers. In 1902, the Sunnyside Assembly purchased land on the northwest side of Portage Lake, changing its name Portage Point Assembly, and began building a resort. An act of the state legislature 15 years earlier made it possible for the group to do so, and it opened June 20, 1903. A decade later, steamships were providing direct service from Chicago, Illinois, and Milwaukee to the Portage Point Inn. Over the years, numerous other building joined the hotel, including the Beech Lodge (Hotel Annex), a casino/dance pavilion, and cottages. The channel between Portage Lake and Lake Michigan leading to the complex was dredged, allowing large steamers to dock directly at the hotel. The original inn is a three-story Colonial Revival structure with a gambrel roof, clad with white clapboards. Originally constructed in 1901/02, the veranda was enclosed in 1913/14. The New Inn, a.k.a. the main hotel, is a threeand-a-half story structure with a gambrel roof, fronted by a two-story portico with Tuscan columns. In the years since, the resort has passed through many hands, with plans for expansion and/or renovation coming and going. Developer Bob Gezon purchased it in 2017 and has plans to renovate the property, including new dining, boating, and recreational facilities that will honor the original, historic architecture and design.
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Keith Jolliffe; his wife, Ruth; and his parents, Grace and Evered, purchased lakefront property south of Leland in 1956, which soon became Jolli-Lodge. Their son Greg and his wife, Lisa, now call the JolliLodge home, as do their kids. “It’s an old-school family resort,” said Greg. “The old lodge was built in 1925 as a private home. My grandfather bought it in 1956, then built the cottages.” Its popularity meant that as soon as lodging was available, it was in use. The main lodge features a spacious lakefront porch, a grand piano, and stone fireplace. The stable and carriage house were converted to rental units. A building was constructed to house summer staff, but by the time it was finished, demand for lodging had increased so much that they rented that out too. Grandma Grace built a house with three guest units (“Grace House”), eventually camping out on the porch to rent out her own apartment as well. “I think what people like is they come, meet kids, and come back. I’ve lived in the same house for 59 years. I see kids I grew up with bringing their kids. What’s nice is it’s away from the main road,” Jolliffe said. Yet it’s just five minutes from Leland or Lake Leelanau.
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Named for the four chimneys in the historic lodge, Chimney Corners has been welcoming visitors since 1935. Its history actually extends back to the early 1900s, when brothers Olin and Will Rogers, partners in the Piqua Handle Company, bought the property for logging. After that, they turned to farming the land, building Pinebluffs in 1910 and Woodsmere in 1912 before Olin’s wife, Leola, began inviting friends and acquaintances to visit Crystal Lake. Olin’s son Jim and his wife, Mollie, took over in 1949. Their daughter Claudia and her husband, Rick Herman, began running the resort and cooking the evening meals in 1982. Claudia’s brother Jim Jr. and his wife, Mary, took over in 1994. Jim Sr. and Jim Jr. built many homes around the area, as well as the beachfront dining room. For many years, they served meals at the lodge, but the coronavirus has scuttled any plans to continue the Wednesday BBQ buffets this year. For the last three years, they have leased out the beachside dining room to Steve and Kristin Tebo, who run it as Rock’s Landing. Chimney Corners offers several types of accommodations, from beachfront cottages, cottages on the bluff, apartments and eight lodge rooms. Mary said they brought up their children there. “I hope the kids continue the tradition,” she said.
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Among the many locales favored by residents of Cincinnati, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Detroit was Walloon Lake. At one time the lake and village of the same name boasted eight hotels, with details such as wraparound porches, delicate finials, and extensive woodwork. One of those was the New Walloon. It was built in 1900 by Alfred Hass and was actually an offshoot of the original Hotel Walloon, built by Mrs. James Has,s some 10 years earlier, across the road from Walloon Lake. The New Walloon passed into the dust of history when it was torn down in 1923, but five years ago the concept and location were revived by Jon and Mary Kay Borisch. “We have a similar feel. That was the inspiration,” said General Manager Emily Emmott. The lakefront property boasts 32 rooms, and it echoes the past with the wood floor in the lobby, wood beams from a Michigan barn, and historic photos in the billiards room made from glass negatives. “We want to have vintage elegance with a modern twist,” said Emmott. So while it has décor such as antique lures befitting the area’s past, it also has flat-screen TVs and — wait for it — Amazon Alexas in the rooms.
Dr. Oscar Kraft purchased the abandoned town of Watervale, south of Frankfort, in 1917. What had begun as a logging town in 1892 had been deserted for more 20-plus years. “It was a bunch of falling-down buildings when he bought it,” said Jennie Schmitt, who now runs the establishment. It evolved into a summer resort with a grocery store, boarding house, offices, even a post office. Today the fourth generation of the family runs the Watervale Inn and its cottages. It boasts a mile of shoreline on both Lake Michigan and Lower Herring Lake, and is abutted by conservancy property. “We have a little of everything,” said Schmitt. Especially tradition. Some guest families have been coming to the property since the forties. The property was run by Schmitt’s mother and grandmother before her. “It’s very matriarchal,” she said. And communal. Schmitt said communal meals have been a hallmark, until the pandemic hit. “Watervale is — well, until this year — it was all about tradition.” While some of those are changing this year out of necessity, she said it will continue to be a place that welcomes families to a restful, laid-back summer experience. “It’s a screen door-slamming kind of place.”
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FOUNTAIN POINT RESORT
WHITE BIRCH LODGE If it’s the classic summertime vacation experience you’re looking for, White Birch Lodge will take you back to those days gone by, all within a stone’s throw of Elk Rapids. The main lodge on Elk Lake was constructed in the late 1800s, and it’s been operated as a hotel off and on since the early 1900s. White Birch Lodge as such was started by Cliff and Ruby Conrad in 1958. Today it’s owned and operated by Cliff and Ruby’s children and grandchildren. Accommodations have grown to include everything from rustic cabins to luxurious condominiums, all clustered around Elk Lake’s sandy, birch-lined shores. As with the other resorts, White Birch Lodge annually welcomes family groups, now into third and fourth generations, while extended family groups come together for family reunions. And it was — until this year — a self-contained oasis, offering three meals daily, plus a complete watersports program, with waterskiing, wakeboarding, and tubing behind powerboats, as well as kayaking, sailing, and stand-up paddleboarding. Like so many other establishments, the COVID-19 pandemic has put a temporary hold on some of the resort’s activities. “We are not serving food or running our watersports program,” said manager Carson Lynes Conrad, who noted the resort is still providing lodging. And you can still get on the water. Conrad said White Birch will be providing SUPs, and guests are welcome to bring their own boats.
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In 1867, French fur trader Aymar De Belloy attempted to drill for oil on the tract of land on the east shore of Lake Leelanau he had purchased some seven years earlier. After a long struggle, he struck a gusher of sparkling water at a depth of 900 feet. Thus Fountain Point. The resort opened its doors in June 1869, guests arriving for the summer by steamboat and buggy. The main three-story building was the center of activity with additions housing a large dining room, kitchen, and lounge. Today the resort, placed on the National Registry of Historic Places in July 2003, still welcomes families to the main inn and the cottages surrounding it. Erik Zehender, who with his brother Theo Early runs the resort for their mother, Susan Jay Nichols, said families often rent the same spaces at the same time of year, with generation succeeding generation. “It might be their only time all together for the year,” said Zehender, noting one family goes back seven generations. “I’m only the fourth generation,” he said with a laugh; his great-great grandfather purchased the resort in 1917. Fountain Point is the home of the Lake Leelanau Rowing Club and Rowers’ Dream camps and coaching. It also hosts weddings, where outside groups bring in their own tents and accouterments. It’s also hosted numerous concerts. “We have a huge open space. It’s unique and wonderful,” said Zehender. Early season weddings and the concerts were washed out by the pandemic, but he is hopeful things will even out later this year and next.
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Dunesmobiles Days
By Ross Boissoneau The sand dunes at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore are monuments of nature, 2,000 years old and towering 100 feet in the air. Imagine if you could rocket across the sand in a big old car. What a thrill that would be. Some folks don’t have to imagine; they just think back to days gone by. For 43 years, a series of Dunesmobiles carried people out on and around the dunes. McKeel Hagerty, classic-car aficionado and CEO of classic car insurer Hagerty Group, remembers the feeling of riding those sand mountains in those balloon-tire cars of yesteryear. “It was a thrill ride, going fast in the sand,” he says. Dan “Boon” Harriger remembers the thrill, too — from the driver’s seat. He was a Dunesmobile driver for three years. “It was the best job I ever had,” he says. From 1935 until 1978, Louis and Marion Warnes offered patrons a way to explore the sands and enjoy the views of Lake Michigan and Glen Lake from a fleet of cars and trucks (Warnes actually offered horseback rides prior to using the autos). Hagerty doesn’t have to go far to reimagine the feeling. He owns one of the Dunesmobiles, a 1948 Ford convertible. The car has special significance because it is the one his late father, Frank, drove during his brief tenure as a Dunesmobile driver. The Hagerty family cottage was near Glen Haven, where the Warnes family offered the rides. Young Frank Hagerty idolized the Dunesmobile drivers and wanted nothing more than to be just like them. In a video posted on Hagerty’s YouTube channel, Frank Hagerty recalls the time. “It was difficult to get those jobs because everybody wanted to do it. I always dreamed about driving one of the Dunesmobiles,” he says.
“It was the summer he was 17,” recalls McKeel Hagerty. “He covered for one of the drivers when [the driver] was away for a week. It was his biggest thrill.” Alas, it didn’t last. While he loved the job, Frank Hagerty wasn’t legally able to hold it. “The gentleman who owned the dunes rides asked me if I had a chauffeur’s license, and I did not. It wasn’t that I did anything wrong. I wasn’t old enough.” Frank always wondered what had happened to the car. Years later, McKeel was eventually able to track down the vehicle his dad longed for. Not just one of the fleet, but #9, the actual car Frank had driven for that magical week. “I found the car way over in Albuquerque, New Mexico. My wife and I flew out there. It was in a huge car collection, 200-plus cars, freshly restored. I bought it and surprised Dad.” In the video, Empire historian Dave Taghon talks about the various cars that made up the fleet. “A 34 Ford, 35 Ford, four 37 Fords, a 39 Ford, and a 41 Mercury — that was the first fleet. Then there was a fleet of 48 Fords, then 56 Olds, then 65 Fords. But his first complete fleet with the decals on the sides claiming to be Sleeping Bear Dunesmobiles and all decked out was the fleet of 48s.” The elder Hagerty kept the existence of the vehicle “under wraps” until it re-debuted locally in the Glen Arbor Fourth of July parade, where it received a hero’s welcome. Former driver Carl Andresen had spent two years working on the restoration before Hagerty acquired it, and in the video says having it back in the area and seeing the reception made all the time and money worthwhile. McKeel says he recently parked it in front of Art’s Tavern in downtown Glen Arbor, which has on display a large photo of the car in its heyday. “They swarmed out of
Art’s, pointed at it, took pictures,” he says. Hagerty wasn’t the only one to own the car he’d driven on the dunes. Harriger now owns the vehicle he drove, a modified 1965 Ford pickup truck. He found out it was in use on South Manitou Island, and when it was going to be sold he jumped at the chance to buy it. “Mine was the only one that had a painted bumper. It’s sitting in my pole barn. Skip [his son] and I want to redo it.” There are others as well. Taghon says there is one in Benzie and three of the 1956 Oldsmobiles in the area. FB “Tom” Plasman of Empire owns one of the latter, which he keeps in East Lansing. Though he was not a driver, the recollections are also personal for Taghon. For the last ride of the year, Louis and Marion Warnes would host folks from Camp
Above and below: The restored Dunesmobile Number 9, which Frank Hagerty (pictured below in drivers seat, surrounded by family) drove for one blissful week at age 17. Son McKeel Hagerty (pictured far right) tracked down the 1948 car — freshly restored — in New Mexico and purchased as a surprise gift for his dad.
Roy-El, a Traverse City camp for those with disabilities. In addition to a ride on the dunes, they would hold a party for the kids and their chaperones, with food and music. On the last ride ever in 1978, Taghon’s late son Roy provided the music, playing a portable organ out on the dunes. Would Hagerty like to collect any of the other vehicles that served as Dunesmobiles over the years? Absolutely. In an ideal world, he’d like to get one from each of the four fleets. “I would like to own one of each generation. It’s too cool for us not to try.”
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Drive It Like You Stole It — er, Rented It What’s better than a good old-fashioned summer road trip? A good old-fashioned summer road trip in a fabulous classic car. By Jillian Manning ’Tis the season for summer cruisin’. With gas prices still hovering around $2 in most of Northern Michigan, there’s never been a better time to go for a drive … especially if you’re taking a trip back in time. No, we’re not taking a DeLorean, but we are taking four cars straight from Hagerty’s DriveShare program for a vintage spin. Join us?
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1947 Ford Station Wagon Chauffeured rental $350 per day | Manual Transmission | Round trip: 100 miles (from Hagerty) Time for a beach day! Pile the whole family inside and head for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Take the scenic route along M-22 for beautiful views and the charming lakeside towns of Leelanau County to stop in along the way. Try lunch in Suttons Bay at the V.I. Grille (in operation since the 1870s), or Leland’s Fishtown, home to fishing shanties dating back to the early 1900s with all the snacks and souvenirs you’ll need. Sleeping Bear is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer, though it was visited by station wagons just like yours in its earlier years. Plenty of history awaits at the dunes, so be sure to stop in the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center and wander around gems like Glen Haven and the lighthouse on South Manitou Island. (Note: only private charters are running to the islands this year.) When the kids are tuckered out from the Dune Climb and every grain of sand has been scrubbed away, hop back in the car and meander south along M-22 and US-31 toward The Cherry Hut in Beulah for dinner. The restaurant has been around since 1922 and has perfected the northern Michigan menu. The Cherry Chicken Salad Croissant, onion rings, and cherry pie a la mode will be a win among even the pickiest eaters.
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1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Chauffeured rental $595 per day | Manual Transmission | Round trip: 85 miles If you’re driving a Bel Air, you know you’re going to Bellaire … and you’d best be singing the Fresh Prince theme song the whole way. With music in mind, start the day at the Music House Museum, which boasts one of the largest collections of antique instruments in the country. Next, take a drive around the beautiful Chain of Lakes, which includes Elk Lake, Torch Lake, Lake Bellaire, and Lake Skegemog. With blue skies overhead and miles of blue waters beckoning, there’s no reason to rush your exploration. Torch Lake Café in Central Lake makes for a perfect afternoon stop. Once the Eastport Congregational Church back in the late 19th century, the restaurant now offers delectable lunch and dinner dishes alongside shareables like whitefish pate, chickpea fries, and wild mushroom dip. A short drive from the café is the pièce de résistance of your journey: Short’s Brewing Co. (The brewery is actually housed in a 120-year-old hardware store, so it totally counts as a historic stop.) Pair a handcrafted pizza with a handcrafted beer, and you’ll be feeling Huma Lupa Licious in no time. Catch a sunset over one of the lakes before heading back home.
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HIT THE GAS An Aston Martin, Mr. Bond? Or perhaps a Pontiac Trans Am for the Knight Rider fan? Hagerty knows cars, which is why the Traverse City-based company brought DriveShare under their umbrella in 2017. Rare, vintage, and fun vehicles can be rented all around the country — with some even delivered to your front door. Finding a car is simple: Head to www.DriveShare.com, search by location or vehicle model, check for availability on your dates, and then register for the car. Cars are available for driving, chauffeured cruises, and throwback photo ops (perfect for those who don’t know how to drive a stick).
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1958 Oldsmobile Super 88 Chauffeured rental $500 per day | Automatic Transmission | Round trip: 65 miles When you roll up to Don’s Drive-In in this seafoam beauty for an early dinner, you’ll be more popular than any T-Bird or Pink Lady from Rydell High. Grab a picnic table and enjoy a burger, fries, and milkshake combo before hitting the open road. Downtown TC has plenty of must-sees for the time-traveling couple, from the State Theatre to the City Opera House to historic neighborhoods with beautifully preserved homes. Venture a bit further afield for a trip to the Village at Grand Traverse Commons for a guided tour of the former State Hospital, built in 1885 and lovingly restored to its modern glory. The journey continues with a visit to Turtle Creek Stadium for a baseball game, America’s favorite pastime. The Pit Spitters may be new — and their 2020 hometown competitors, the Dune Bears and Great Lakes Resorters even newer — but Traverse City’s baseball history stretches back to the 1890s. Last but not least, finish the ’50s flashback day with a flick at the Cherry Bowl Drive-In Theatre in Honor, where it’s always a double-feature night on Fridays and Saturdays. (Just don’t get any popcorn grease on the steering wheel!)
1972 Jeep CJ-5 Driving rental $300 per day | Manual Transmission | Round trip: 40 miles Feel the wind in your hair as you head out to cherry country on Old Mission Peninsula. Along the way, be sure to stop at the roadside stands for fresh fruit to snack on for the drive. (Pro tip: you can fit a lot of pints in the back of this bad boy.) Stock up on supplies and lunch at the Old Mission General Store, which has operated on Old Mission since 1839. Get that trading post vibe with old-fashioned candy, or snag a to-go sandwich as you head up toward Mission Point Lighthouse, which turns 150 this year. Stretch your legs on the nearby trails and snap a photo in front of the iconic white building. Head back toward town along Peninsula Drive and stop for dinner at Jolly Pumpkin, whose sister restaurant, Mission Table, was once a Jazz Age summer home. Rumors of a ghost have long hovered around the property, though we’ll let you decide for yourself whether or not it’s haunted. Either way, the food still tastes great! Finally, cruise back down M-37 and celebrate the end to a perfect day at Bardon’s Wonder Freeze, which has delighted generations of families for over 70 years.
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Opa!
Traditional Greek (plus a little Polish and American comfort food, too) in Traverse City
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By Jillian Manning Opa! Grill & Taproom — it’s impossible to say the name without the exclamation mark, or without imagining the savory taste of fresh tzatziki sauce. One of the few Greek-inspired restaurants in northern Michigan, Opa! has been serving up authentic gyros, spanakopita, falafel, and other Mediterranean dishes since 2007. Origins Owner Paul Barbas and his family moved to Traverse City from the Detroit area in the early 2000s, only to discover Mediterranean fare wasn’t on the menu Up North. For the 100-percent Greek Barbas, the culinary hole was a surprise … and an opportunity. Shortly after moving, he decided to leave his sales job and start a restaurant. The impetus? Cheese. “We’d go out to eat, and I’d get an omelet. I’d ask for feta, but no one had any,” he said, laughing. “My family was in the restaurant business, so I understood the [restaurant] culture. We decided to make a go of it and start a restaurant in Traverse City.” Thus, the brainchild for Opa! was born, focusing on classic Greek recipes — with a few Polish dishes in homage to Barbas’ wife, whose family hails from Poland. (Barbas reports a lot of customers come in specifically seeking Opa! pierogi, so the Baltic influence has proven a well-received one.) Opa! opened in the Cherryland Center in 2007 at the beginning of Traverse City’s foodie renaissance, and for many customers, the menu was their first introduction to Greek cuisine. It quickly became a fan favorite. “Greek food is not intimidating at all,” Barbas says. “It uses everyday spices you have in your cupboard, like salt, pepper, oregano, parsley, and garlic.” Now, 13 years later — and in a new
standalone location at Grand Traverse Crossing, across from the Grand Traverse Mall — both of the family’s Greek and Polish traditions are going strong. Barbas has added a few American favorites like handcrafted burgers and a Traverse City cherry salad, but the restaurnts’ roots remain the same. Options Whether you’re choosing take-out or an inperson dining experience, Opa’s menu won’t disappoint. With flavorful Mediterranean dishes alongside comfort foods, Coney dogs, and hearty salads, there’s something for nearly all palates. And with “Taproom” now part of the name, more than 50 beer selections stand ready to complement your meal. The No. 1 item on Opa’s menu deserves the correct pronunciation: year-o. (Not giro. The phonetic spelling is included on the menu, just in case.) “If you come in for the first time, get the gyro [a mix of lamb and beef, or marinated chicken breast] and the Greek side salad,” says Barbas. “If you’re craving a great gyro right off the rotisserie, you’ll find it at our place.” For those looking to explore the menu a bit more, Barbas recommends the Greek Moussaka (eggplant, potato, ground sirloin, tomato, red wine, and béchamel) and the Greek Kisses. “I judge a restaurant by their appetizers,” he says of the latter, which are on the starter side of the menu. “We take a wonton and fill it with three different cheeses, flash fry it, and finish it off with a balsamic drizzle.” Although Opa’s breakfasts are on a temporary break, when they return, they are not to be missed: Potato waffles, omelets — with feta, of course — grain bowls, and even a fun breakfast-cocktail menu are typically available. Reopening Change — and adaptability — have long been part of Opa’s backbone. The eatery
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originally opened in the Cherryland Center just before the 2008 recession hit. It survived the economic downturn, as well as the decline of the big box stores around it. Two years ago, Barbas made the decision to move the restaurant to Grand Traverse Crossing to occupy the former Fazoli’s building. Today, Opa! resides in a freshly renovated location that is serving the eatery — and its customers — well during the era of COVID-19. Under a large tent in the parking lot, which overlooks a landscaped water feature, Opa! now offers two-, four-, two- four-top tables tables, all properly distanced, giving guests the option of outdoor dining or eating in the restaurant. Guests also can preorder online or via phone and get meals delivered to their assigned table in the tent. For Barbas, the concept combines the best of curbside and classic dining to help customers feel safe and
enjoy a great meal at the same time. Other upcoming adaptations include getting a liquor license for the tent, creating a streamlined menu, and adding classic and custom Northwoods Soda flavors to Opa’s drink offerings. But most of all, Barbas is looking forward to getting back to work, even if it isn’t business as usual. “We miss our everyday customers,” he says. “Community support has been steady, but just like any business in TC, Opa! needs Traverse City. To weather the storm, we need to continue to be innovative, continue to produce great tasting food, and always take care of our customers.” Opa! Grill & Taproom is open 11am–8pm Monday through Thursday, 11am–9pm Friday and Saturday, closed Sundays. Find it at 2658 Crossing Circle in Traverse City. (231) 9476721, www.opagrill.com
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: My roommate just found out her exfiance is terminally ill and is likely to pass away soon. Though they had a weird relationship, I can tell she’s taking it pretty hard. I really want to be supportive, but I honestly don’t know what to do or say around a grieving person. I’m worried about saying the wrong thing, especially because I’m really uncomfortable with grief. I told her I am here for her if she needs anything. What do you do and say for a person who’s in such a terrible situation? — Clueless
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: When we’re around other people, especially other people who are upset, we tend to get uncomfortable with silences and rush to fill them with words. Unfortunately, not being Confucius or the Dalai Lama, we reach into our memory and pull out whichever condolence cliches are closest to the top, like, “Soon he’ll be in a better place.” (Where...an urn?) Though we mere mortals tend to fail at profundities, we can do profoundly kind acts. What people who are suffering need at a time like this is compassion. Compassion gets confused with empathy (which a number of researchers define as “feeling with” a person). However, compassion is more than a feeling; it’s empathy with an action plan: the motivation to try to alleviate another person’s suffering.
There’s a temptation to be vague in offering help — “I’m here for you if you need anything” — probably because it’s hard to know what would help and also because you want to avoid offering the “wrong” thing. But what really count are your intentions. Consider that she has a lot of emotional weight on her now, and she probably doesn’t have her usual energy for routine chores like making dinner, picking up her prescription, or washing her car. If you step in and do these, let her know it’s about giving her a little help while she’s struggling. It should mean a lot. You’re telling her she’s not alone, but in a way that doesn’t take poetic eloquence or attempts to cheer her up (because her sadness is uncomfortable for you). The reality is, 80 percent of success in amateur grief counseling is knowing better than to put the “fun” in funeral. The other 20 percent is just showing up — with pizza and pot edibles.
: Months of quarantine have made FaceTime first dates the new thing. I’ve been chatting with a few guys on dating apps, and some of them have asked to schedule FaceTimes. Many of my friends have done it, but it still feels weird to me. Though my photos are right in my dating profile, talking with someone over video feels too revealing and not in a good way. Should I try it anyway, or should I wait until it’s safe to meet in person? — Resting Shy Face
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: When people advise that you shouldn’t reveal too much on the first date, I think they’re talking about your areolas.
There’s a lot of important information you’re missing when you’re communicating without seeing someone’s facial expressions. Zoologist Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, who studied human animals in addition to the kind with paws and tails, explained emotional expressions as “the grammar of social interaction.” Facial expressions (as well as body language) give us a nuanced understanding of other people’s feelings and intentions in the way punctuation marks shape how we understand a set of words (for example, “Want to eat, Grandma?” versus “Want to eat Grandma?”). In fact, people will often say one thing with their words (like, “Really, I’m fine”), but to get the whole of what they’re expressing, you need to add the “pictures”: the emotions they’re displaying. For example, social psychologist Dacher Keltner, who researches emotional expressiveness, observes that “when a colleague shows signs of anger -- with tightened lips, furrowed brow, and slightly raised upper eyelid — I learn that he or she is frustrated, is appraising the current interaction as unfair, will likely act antagonistically, and may feel a sense of righteous indignation.” Men, especially, have very visually driven sexuality, so if you won’t FaceTime, you’re probably at a disadvantage compared with women who will. Chances are your real fear is that a guy won’t find you attractive. But if a guy’s not that into your looks, a screen won’t change that. Finding out where he stands as soon as possible could keep you from getting attached to somebody you’ll ultimately have to pry yourself away from. On the the other hand, revealing more of yourself will make the right guy more interested. And yes, there are people who even get married without seeing each other’s faces, but just in cultures where the marriage is conditioned on one’s father giving the other’s father 14 goats, five oxen, and a 1967 Subaru.
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Hand Me My Highball, Doll Staying in? Shake up (or stir) a vintage cocktail from summers gone by. By Craig Manning Why is it that some cocktail styles endure while others fade away? Just about any bar in the world will serve you an Old Fashioned, or a Negroni, or a whiskey sour, or a Manhattan. Nothing against any of these concoctions (we love them as much as you do), but with a limitless number of possible cocktail combinations, we thought this summer might be a good time to dig a bit deeper into the annals of drink history and dust off some vintage summertime classics. To get there, we enlisted the talents of “King Cocktail” Philip Greene. In the world of vintage cocktail recipes, Greene is a leading authority. He’s the cocktail
columnist for The Daily Beast and an author of a pair of cocktail-focused books: “To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion” and “The Manhattan: The Story of the First Modern Cocktail with Recipes.” In particular, his expertise on all things Ernest Hemingway — an author who was famously fond of a good drink — makes Greene a reliable guide to forgotten gems in the cocktail canon. Greene is also a Northern Michigan man — or at least, he will be soon. His first treks to the area came in the wake of “To Have and Have Another’s” publication, when he was invited to Petoskey to present a cocktail seminar for the Michigan Hemingway Society. Famously, Hemingway spent the first 22 summer of his life in
The Drink: The Hemingway Gin & Tonic The Recipe: • 2 ounces London Dry Gin • 4 ounces Tonic water • 2 dashes Angostura bitters Fill a tall glass with ice, add ingredients, stir, garnish with a wedge of lime or a lime peel. The Draw: Yes, we know: The gin and tonic is among the most classic and commonplace staples in the cocktail repertoire. With only two liquid ingredients and a squeeze of lime, it’s a reliable, hard-to-mess-up, and quick drink whether you’re at an airport bar 10 minutes before your flight boards or celebrating at a chaotic wedding reception. The Hemingway Gin & Tonic only breaks the classic G&T formula in one way — with the addition of angostura bitters — but that simple change-up completely alters the cocktail. Angostura bitters, a core ingredient of other beloved cocktails like the Manhattan and the old fashioned, likewise lend a depth and complexity of flavor to the G&T that the classic recipe simply can’t. Hemingway loved that extra complexity, according to Greene, not only drinking the angostura-abetted G&T on his own time, but also having his protagonist drink a couple of them in his posthumously-published novel, “Islands in the Stream.”
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the Petoskey area, at a family cottage on Walloon Lake. The tie to Hemingway, the glorious summer weather, and the vibrant drinking culture of Northern Michigan all made an impression on Greene. When his daughter enrolled at Interlochen Arts Academy for her senior year of high school, it formalized the family’s ties to the area — though they kept their permanent address in Washington, D.C. Now, as Greene’s wife prepares to retire, the couple is planning to make the move official: They’ve bought property on Leelanau Peninsula and are building a house that will eventually become their permanent home. For his part, Greene is looking forward to the new adventure and what
it might hold. During his conversation with Northern Express, he praised the area’s wineries, breweries, cideries, and distilleries, and even mused about someday perhaps opening up his own little cocktail bar in Northport. If that day comes, you’ll be able to pony up to the bar and ask King Cocktail himself for under-the-radar recommendations. For now, though, we’ve gotten the answers for you. So, grab your favorite vintage ’50s swing dress or Gatsby-style suit and join us for a trip in the cocktail time machine. Here are five classic (and in numerous cases, forgotten) cocktails that deserve a renaissance. Best of all? They’re all perfect for the July heat. Try making a few at your next happy hour.
The Drink: The Bailey The Recipe: • 1.5 ounces Gin • 0.5 ounce Grapefruit juice • 0.5 ounce Fresh lime juice • 1 tsp Simple syrup • Fresh mint Tear the fresh mint by hand and place it in a cocktail shaker. Add gin and let steep for two minutes. Add grapefruit juice, lime juice, and ice, then shake or stir. Serve in a chilled cocktail glass with a sugared rim and garnish with a sprig or leaf of mint. The Draw: The Bailey is the invention of Gerald Murphy, a wealthy American expat who, along with his wife Sara, took up residence on the French Riviera in the early 20th century. The Murphys were known for the company they kept — particularly in the 1920s, when their social circle included artists like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, Pablo Picasso, and of course, the aforementioned Hemingway. If Gerald sounds like a real-life Gatsby, that’s actually not far off: The Murphys are said to have inspireed Fitzgerald’s final novel, “Tender Is the Night.” More importantly, Gerald was reportedly a wizard when it came to cocktails, and his greatest creation may have been this one — an ultra-refreshing summertime drink with a perfect balance of sweet and sour flavors, citrusy tang, boozy kick, and minty freshness. If you’re in the mood for a nice, casual long-sipper, you can top the cocktail with sparkling water.
The Drink: Bee’s Knees
The Drink: Vermouth Panache
The Recipe: • 2 ounces Gin • 1 ounce Lemon juice • 0.5 ounce Honey syrup*
The Recipe: • 2 ounce Dry vermouth • 1 ounce Sweet vermouth • 1 dash Angostura bitters
*Honey syrup is simple syrup — only made with honey instead of sugar. To make, heat equal parts honey and water, whether in a saucepan over medium heat or in the microwave. Heat and stir until the honey dissolves into the water. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake to combine, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. The Draw: The phrase “bee’s knees” became a popular bit of slang in the 1920s, typically used to describe something that was particularly delightful. Fittingly, it’s also the name of this honey-infused Prohibition-era cocktail, which lives up to its name. The drink was invented by Parisian bartender Frank Meier, who made a name for himself as one of history’s great cocktail mixologists when he became the first head bartender at Hôtel Ritz Paris. The bar at the Ritz, called Bar Hemingway now, is operational to this day and remains a top destination for cocktail enthusiasts. Luckily, you don’t have to make the trek all the way to Paris to try a Bee’s Knees, which is easy to whip up on your own and perfect for sipping on the deck on a hot summer day.
Fill a Collins glass with ice, add ingredients, and stir. Garnish with a lemon peel and serve. The Draw: Of all the cocktails on this list, the Vermouth Panache might be the most forgotten. In fact, up until Greene compiled all of Hemingway’s cocktail history into a single compendium in 2012, the Vermouth Panache didn’t have a place in the canon at all. Hemingway had described a combination of dry and sweet vermouths, plus bitters, in several pieces of writing, but the drink — which appears to have been the author’s own invention — never actually had a name. Greene christened it the “Vermouth Panache” after perusing Hemingway’s fishing logs and finding reference to a drink by that name. “I’m making an executive decision here and deeming it to be the same drink,” Greene wrote, drawing a line between the mysterious fishing log beverage and the cocktail Hemingway had lovingly described in his works. Regardless of the name, this cocktail is another low-alcohol sipper that’s perfect for the warmer weather and far tastier than you’d imagine.
King Cocktail Philip Greene
The Drink: Aperol Spritz The Recipe: • 3 ounce Prosecco • 2 ounce Aperol • 1 ounce Soda water Add all three ingredients to a glass with ice and stir. Garnish with a slice of orange. The Draw: The Aperol Spritz has been a popular cocktail in Italy for decades, particularly in the summer. The cocktail’s origin story sgoesback to the 1800s, when the Veneto region of Italy was ruled by the Austrian Empire. Austrian soldiers liked the Italian wine but found it to be too strong, so they started watering it down — a practice that effectively invented the concept of a “spritz” for alcoholic beverages. Austrian control of Veneto only subsisted until 1866, but the idea of spritzed beverages remained popular. Today, the word “spritz” in Italy is synonymous with this particular beverage, a bright combination of dry sparkling wine, a soda water spritz, and a healthy pour of Aperol, a popular Italian aperitif made from bitter and sweet oranges, among other ingredients. The result is a low-alcohol sipper that’s as vibrant in color as a summer sunset. It’s no wonder that the Aperol Spritz has begun to pick up considerable momentum outside of Italy, though it remains an obscurity to many.
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ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: Run/walk any time before July 25. $20 registration fee includes t-shirt & being entered for the chance to win door prizes. Benefits the local high school cross country teams. Those registering will receive an email with info about sending their time &/or photo(s) to The Alden Run. aldenrun.com
---------------------4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS: The South Arm Yacht Club will hold fireworks launched from a barge on the South Arm of Lake Charlevoix at dusk.
---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: The 12th Annual Friends of Fishtown 5K, “Seiche Happens,” can be completed between July 18-31. Walk, hike or run on your own time wherever you choose. $35. fishtownmi.org/events/fishtown-5k
---------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: Flintfields Horse Park, Williamsburg, July 1 - Aug. 9. traversecityhorseshows.com/greatlakes-equestrian-festival
---------------------VIRTUAL PAUL REVERE 5K & 10 MILE RUN: Run any time between July 3-5 & submit your results to runsignup. Benefits the Harbor Springs track & cross-country teams. $25. runsignup.com/Race/MI/HarborSprings/ PaulRevere5K10MileRun
---------------------HOME TOWN 4TH OF JULY DECORATING CONTEST: Residents & businesses can decorate their yards/storefronts & submit pictures to the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce. boyne4thofjuly.com/2020-virtualschedule-of-events.html
---------------------PETOSKEY ANTIQUES SHOW: 9am-5pm, Emmet County Community Center, Petoskey. Featuring nearly 170 dealers from around the country. $5 (good for both days). petoskeyantiques.com
---------------------BIKE PARADE: 10am, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Bring your decorated set of wheels for this parade. Meet at the basketball court by the Mountain Adventure Zone & staff will lead the way down Crystal Mountain Drive, all the way to Kinlochen & back to the Mountain Adventure Zone. Helmets required. crystalmountain.com/event/old-fashioned-fourthof-july
---------------------BOYNE CITY VIRTUAL ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW: 10am. boyne4thofjuly.com/virtualarts--craft-show.html
---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: Keep track of your daily reading minutes. Runs through July 27. Sign up online at tadl. org or via the TADL app. The Finale Party will be held on Mon., July 27 via Zoom or Facebook Live. tadl.org/summer-reading
---------------------VERY CHERRY PORCH PARADE: Virtual event. July 4-11. During what would have been the National Cherry Festival Week, members of the community are asked to celebrate by decorating their porch, yard or window. The theme is Cherries. Register by July 2. cherryfestival.org/p/parades/very-cherry-porchparade/register
---------------------VIRTUAL 4TH OF JULY PARADE: 10am. Airing on 9&10 News. It will feature footage from parades past, along with historical facts, photos & stories. Grand Marshal will be Kate Hartlep of Boyne City who turned 100 years old on April 30. The Boyne City High School graduating class of 2020 will be this year’s Honored Citizens. boyne4thofjuly.com
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naabe language through Northern Michigan University’s Center for Native American Studies. Live on Facebook. Free. facebook.com/ events/238619894108925
---------------------VILLAGE OF ALANSON 4TH OF JULY PARADE: 11am. Starts on M-68 at Banwell Rd. & circles through town, ending on River St. Observe social distancing. Line-up at 9:30am.
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---------------------FRANKFORT 4TH OF JULY HOMETOWN PRIDE: All community members & businesses are encouraged to decorate for the 4th. Share photos of your handiwork & your other family traditions & email to: fcofc@frankfort-elberta.com or tag the Frankfort Elberta Chamber of Commerce on Facebook, Instagram &/or Twitter.
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JULY 4TH ANNUAL DUCK RACE: 2-4pm, Avalanche Bay Indoor Waterpark, Boyne Mountain Resort, Boyne Falls. Only 100 VIP duck tickets will be sold. A video of the race will be available for viewing on social media for regular ticket holders. Find on Facebook.
---------------------FIREWORKS & MORE, MACKINAW CITY: 1-3pm: Games on the Marina Lawn. 9pmdusk: Straits Area Concert Band at Conkling Heritage Park, followed by large fireworks display at dusk.
---------------------FIREWORKS, GAYLORD AREA: 10pm, Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools.
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PETOSKEY ANTIQUES SHOW: 10am-4pm, Emmet County Community Center, Petoskey. Featuring nearly 170 dealers from around the country. $5 (good for both days). petoskeyantiques.com
---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 4)
---------------------NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES: DAVID BLIGHT: 7pm. A Zoom event with the author of “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom,” the 2019 Pulitzer Prize winner for history. Register. Free. zoom.us/webinar/register/ WN_UtrRyLmaSxey8RqedXPTJA
---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 4)
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GREAT LAKES CINEMA SERIES PRESENTS: NATURALLY 7 - LIVE FROM BERLIN: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Naturally 7 performs a mix of pop, rock, rap & R&B Tunes. They have guest-starred on three world tours with Michael Bublé, one world tour with Coldplay, & won Best Vocal Group last year on CBS-TV’s prime time show “World’s Best” with James Corden. greatlakescfa.org/event-detail/greatlakes-cinema-series-presents-naturally-7-livefrom-berlin
---------------------VIRTUAL PAUL REVERE 5K & 10 MILE RUN: (See Sat., July 4)
---------------------EVENINGS UNDER THE STARS: PENUMBRAL LUNAR ECLIPSE: 8:30pm, Headlands International Dark Sky Park, Mackinaw City. $5/person. facebook.com/ events/1032646703738115
---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER CLUB: (See Sat., July 4)
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---------------------VERY CHERRY PORCH PARADE: (See Sat., July 4)
---------------------SKILL SWAP: DECOLONIZING OUR THOUGHTLIFE: 11am. With Miskopwaaganikwe Leora Tadgerson, an instructor of Anishi-
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Although many 4th of July events have been cancelled due to concern of large crowds and COVID-19, the show will still go on in a few small northern Michigan towns, like Mackinaw City. From 1-3pm enjoy games on the Marina Lawn. Listen to the Straits Area Concert Band perform at Conkling Heritage Park from 9pm – dusk, followed by a large display of fireworks at dusk. Gaylord offers three firework displays to choose from: July 3: Otsego Lake County Park at 10pm or SummerFest at Treetops Resort; July 4: Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools, 10pm. For more fireworks, parade and other festivities info, see our “Dates” section.
july 06
ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 4)
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---------------------TIPS FOR DRAWING BIRDS WITH MARGE LONG: 1pm. A free online workshop presented by Gaylord Area Council for the Arts. Held on GACA’s Facebook page & web site. Call or email for a list of materials needed. 989732-3242. gacaevents.weebly.com/events-exhibits.html
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july 07
tuesday
SUNRISE YOGA FLOW!: Tuesdays, 7am, July 7-28. A Vinyasa Flow session on East Bay Park beach, TC. Move & restore your body through movement & breath. Bring your own mat or towel. eventbrite.com/e/sunrise-yoga-flow-east-bay-parktickets-84780854819
---------------------TALKS, TUNES & TOURS: MIDWEEK MORNINGS IN MANISTEE: 10am, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. Featuring Jef Bourgeau: “Mapping the Universe.” Free. ci.ovationtix.com/35295/production/102 9908?performanceId=10550292
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AUTHOR EVENT WITH MARIA VERDESCHI: 6pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. A Wine & Cheese event with Psychic Medium, Maria Verdeschi, for her new book, “There is No Death, Only Life.” RSVP: 231.347.1180. Free. eventbrite.com.au/e/ author-event-with-maria-verdeschi-tickets97004851121?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
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july 08
wednesday
FREE MOVIE: Held at dusk at Community Park, East Jordan.
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CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: 12-1pm, Pennsylvania Park, Petoskey. Nathan & Jessie will perform on the Gazebo stage. Free. crookedtree.org/article/ctac-petoskey/charlotte-ross-lee-concertspark-2020
---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 4)
---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 4)
---------------------JAZZ AT THE LIBRARY: 7pm, Charlevoix Public Library, Children’s Garden. Featuring Bill & Laurie Sears. charlevoixlibrary.
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---------------------VERY CHERRY PORCH PARADE: (See Sat., July 4)
july 09
thursday
GRAND TRAVERSE PIE COMPANY VIRTUAL MAKE & BAKE: Register for a free Make & Bake Cherry Pie Kit from your local Grand Traverse Pie location by July 3. Pick up the kit at GT Pie Co. on July 7-8 between 11am & 5pm. Tune in to the National Cherry Festival Facebook Page on July 9 at 1pm & bake along with GT Pie Co. Limit one pie per family.
---------------------JORDAN VALLEY COMMUNITY BAND CONCERT: 7:30pm, Memorial Park Bandshell, East Jordan.
---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 4)
---------------------TARGETING “MICHIGAN BAMBOO”: 5-7pm. The Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network will host a free online workshop on how to identify & treat invasive knotweeds. Registration required. gtcd.wufoo. com/forms/z9pel4110c720f
---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 4)
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AUTHOR EVENT WITH MARY DORIA RUSSELL: 6pm, Crooked Tree Auditorium, Petoskey. Mary will discuss her latest book, “The Women of the Copper Country.” $5 per person. mcleanandeakin.com/event/marydoria-russell-0
CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: 12-1pm, Pennsylvania Park, Petoskey. Lee Anne Whitman will perform on the Gazebo stage. crookedtree.org/article/ctac-petoskey/ charlotte-ross-lee-concerts-park-2020
---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 4)
---------------------TVEDTEN FINE ART’S SUMMER OPENINGS: 5-7pm, Tvedten Fine Art, Harbor Springs. Featuring art by DeeAnne Wagner. tvedtenfineart.com GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 4)
---------------------EAST JORDAN MUSIC IN THE PARK: 7pm, East Jordan Memorial Park Band Shell. Featuring The Jon Archambault Band.
---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER CLUB: (See Sat., July 4)
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---------------------SUMMER FUN FILMS: “JAWS”: 7:30pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Must adhere to social distancing & wear masks. Limited to 50 people per showing. $3. thebaytheatre.com
---------------------VERY CHERRY PORCH PARADE: (See Sat., July 4)
july 11
saturday
52ND ANNUAL CHEBOYGAN ARTS FESTIVAL: 9am-3pm, Festival Square, Cheboygan. Featuring food trucks & familyfriendly entertainment. Free. Find on Facebook.
---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 4)
---------------------ALL-VIRTUAL SWEATY YETI 2020: 5K & 1 mile. runsignup.com/Race/MI/EastJordan/ SweatyYeti2019
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PETITE CHARLEVOIX ART & CRAFT STROLL: 10am-6pm, East Park, Charlevoix.
GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN VAL: (See Sat., July 4)
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CONCERTS ON THE LAWN GOES RADIO-RETRO FEATURING THE PETOSKEY STEEL DRUM BAND: 7pm. Bringing you recorded concerts from the Grand Lawn to your own lawn, couch or kitchen table through the radio airwaves on WCCW 107.5 FM. Pass the virtual bucket for any free-will donations by visiting the website during the concert at www. gtpavilions.org/donate.
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SKILL SWAP: OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING: 11am. A Facebook Live event. Ruby Andromeda Miller guides both beginner & advanced artists through a series of drawing exercises designed to ground the observer in the moment. Part art lesson, part meditation. Free. crosshatch.org
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TOUR DE TART RE-IMAGINED: (See Fri., July 10)
TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER CLUB: (See Sat., July 4)
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VERY CHERRY PORCH PARADE: (See Sat., July 4)
july 10
friday
TOUR DE TART RE-IMAGINED: Experience nearly 100 miles of trail by running, walking, biking, skating and/ or roller skiing your way across the TART Trails bingo card. Complete your Bingo card between July 10-26; electronically or printed. Prizes will be randomly awarded to participants throughout the event. All participants who complete the registration form and submit their completed horizontal, vertical, or diagonal Bingo pattern will be eligible to choose a prize at an in-person prize pick up between July 24-26! $15 kids/$30 adults. traversetrails.org/event/ tour-de-tart
---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 4)
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---------------------DOODLE DAY: 1-3pm, Twisted Fish Gallery, Cottage Gallery, Elk Rapids. Absentminded scribbling. Open to all ages. twistedfishgallery. com/events/2020-07
---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER CLUB: (See Sat., July 4)
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SOCIALLY DISTANCED OUTDOOR HAPPY HOUR: 5-7pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Featuring live music from Jake Allen, BBQ from a local food truck, Pigs Eatin’ Ribs, & beverages including brews from Beards Brewery. $35. greatlakescfa.org/ event-detail/outdoor-happy-hour
---------------------VERY CHERRY PORCH PARADE: (See Sat., July 4)
---------------------SUMMER FUN FILMS: “JAWS”: (See Fri., July 10)
---------------------MOVIES BY THE BRIDGE: Featuring “Mary Poppins Returns.” Held at Michilimackinac State Park in Mackinaw City at dusk. Free.
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sunday
Most Patriotic Business; Most Patriotic Home; Most Patriotic Family; & Most Patriotic Vehicle. facebook.com/harborspringschamber
IMPRES ART WALK: 125pm. Impres Salon Spa, TC will host their first art walk in their parking lot. They are calling all local artists who are interested in being a part of this. Please send an email to: madsvo@alumni.usc.edu to reserve your parking spaces free of charge. This event will be open to the public for donation based entry & those entry proceeds benefit Black Lives Matter, TART Trail, & Women’s Resource Center. Must wear mask & social distancing guidelines will be put in place. Artists must provide their own fire safe display. Find on Facebook.
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OUTSIDE ISN’T CANCELED! GRAND TRAVERSE KIDS’ BIKE LIBRARY: To keep elementary-aged students pedaling by making sure they always have a bike that fits, no matter their family’s resources. See what’s available online, schedule an appointment to pick up your bike from the Wheelhouse, & then ride it until it doesn’t fit anymore. Free. elgruponorte.org
---------------------BEE TV: Every Sat. through July 18 at 10am. A Facebook Live event with Bob Bernard in his bee yard at Earthwork Farm. Tune in to the Crosshatch Facebook page. facebook. com/island.artmeetsearth BIKE NIGHT & CAR CRUISE-IN: Tuesdays, 6pm through Sept. 1 at Boyne Mountain Resort, Clock Tower Lodge circle drive, Boyne Falls. Bring your roadster, hog or coupe. Live music, weekly raffle to benefit local charities & more. Find on Facebook.
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---------------------VIRTUAL FILM SERIES: “RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT”: Marion Stokes secretly recorded television twentyfour hours a day for thirty years. It started in 1979 with the dawn of the twenty-four hour news cycle & ended when Marion passed away in 2012. Streams are free on the PBS app & PBS.org through July 14. dennosmuseum.org/events/films.html
---------------------2020 WATERSHED CHALLENGE: Celebrate the clean, healthy water our region boasts by participating in the 2020 Watershed Challenge: Grand Traverse Bay Your Way. This virtual challenge encourages people to get outside & bike, swim, run, paddle, or hike. Participants are challenged to collectively exceed the goal of 2,020 miles completed. Runs from July 25 - August 22. https://runsignup. com/2020watershedchallenge
---------------------WINE, WATER & WHEELS!: The Inn at Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. This Black Star Farms Outdoor Adventure Package will provide a day of biking & sightseeing through Leelanau County, & one’s choice of paddle activity on Suttons Bay. Visit Black Star Farms online for details. blackstarfarms.com/package-specials
---------------------#SAFEHARBOR 4TH OF JULY ONLINE CELEBRATION: The Harbor Springs Chamber of Commerce is encouraging local residents & businesses to decorate their homes, businesses & vehicles & post the pictures on the chamber’s Facebook page or email them to: angie@harborspringschamber.com. Please include the address of your home or business when you send them a picture. They will compile a list of patriotic homes & businesses, with addresses, so others can drive around town & appreciate your creativity. The contest will honor the best of these categories:
FREE FOOD BAGS: The Depot, East Jordan. Pick up on Mondays from 12-1pm.
---------------------CHAIRLIFT RIDES: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Ride the Crystal Clipper chairlift & enjoy panoramic views of three counties & top-of-the-mountain attractions including live musical entertainment, snack bar, cash bar & more. Available Wednesday & Saturday evenings through Sept. 5. $9/person; free for 8 & under with paying adult. crystalmountain. com/event/chairlift-rides
---------------------GRIEFSHARE AT MICHAEL’S PLACE: Wednesdays, 1pm through July 29. Michael’s Place is partnering with First Congregational Church to offer GriefShare Online Video Support. Contact Michael’s Place at goodgrief@mymichaelsplace.net with questions. mymichaelsplace.net/griefshareat-michaels-place
---------------------GUIDED WALKING HISTORY TOURS OF TC: A two-mile, two-and-a-half-hour tour held on Sundays at 2pm. Begins & ends at Perry Hannah Plaza located at 6th & Union streets. Please wear a face mask & practice current social distancing guidelines. walktchistory.com
---------------------OUTDOOR MOVIE: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Bring a chair or blanket to watch a movie under the stars. Movies range from G to PG 13. Held at the Mountain Adventure Zone on Wednesday & Saturday Nights at dusk, July 8 - Sept. 5. crystalmountain.com/ activities/outdoor-movie
---------------------STREET MUSIQUE: Thursdays, 6:30-8:30pm. Each Thurs. will have a theme with music & musician types that fit the themes. Social distancing will be kept in place. Presented by the Harbor Springs Chamber Foundation & the Blissfest Music Organization. Held on the streets of downtown Harbor Springs.
---------------------YOGA IN THE PARK!: Wednesdays &, Thursdays, 6pm through July 29. A Vinyasa Flow session in Hull Park behind the Traverse Area District Library, TC. Relax & restore your body through movement & breath. Bring your own mat or towel. eventbrite.com/e/yoga-in-thepark-wednesday-nights-tickets-84779161755
farm markets
BELLAIRE FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-1pm, front parking lot of ASI, Bellaire. Currently only allowing a minimum number of individuals through at a time, & there will be a manned entrance & exit. facebook.com/ BellaireFarmersMarket?fref=ts
---------------------BOYNE CITY FARMERS MARKET: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 8am-noon, Veterans Park, Boyne City.
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TOUR DE TART RE-IMAGINED: Experience nearly 100 miles of trail by running, walking, biking, skating and/ or roller skiing your way across the TART Trails bingo card. Complete your Bingo card between July 10-26; electronically or printed. Prizes will be randomly awarded to participants throughout the event. All participants who complete the registration form and submit their completed horizontal, vertical, or diagonal Bingo pattern will be eligible to choose a prize at an in-person prize pick up between July 24-26! $15 kids/$30 adults. traversetrails.org/event/ tour-de-tart
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SOCIALLY DISTANCED OUTDOOR HAPPY HOUR: 5-7pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Featuring live music from Jake Allen, BBQ from a local food truck, Pigs Eatin’ Ribs, & beverages including brews from Beards Brewery. $35. greatlakescfa.org/ event-detail/outdoor-happy-hour
---------------------VERY CHERRY PORCH PARADE: (See Sat., July 4)
---------------------SUMMER FUN FILMS: “JAWS”: (See Fri., July 10)
---------------------MOVIES BY THE BRIDGE: Featuring “Mary Poppins Returns.” Held at Michilimackinac State Park in Mackinaw City at dusk. Free.
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IMPRES ART WALK: 125pm. Impres Salon Spa, TC will host their first art walk in their parking lot. They are calling all local artists who are interested in being a part of this. Please send an email to: madsvo@alumni.usc.edu to reserve your parking spaces free of charge. This event will be open to the public for donation based entry & those entry proceeds benefit Black Lives Matter, TART Trail, & Women’s Resource Center. Must wear mask & social distancing guidelines will be put in place. Artists must provide their own fire safe display. Find on Facebook.
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6TH ANNUAL HAIKU CONTEST: Send in your original haiki by Aug. 15. You can enter as many as you’d like. Email submissions to: landmarkbookstc@gmail.com or drop off at Landmark Books in The Village, TC.
---------------------VIRTUAL FILM SERIES: “RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT”: Marion Stokes secretly recorded television twentyfour hours a day for thirty years. It started in 1979 with the dawn of the twenty-four hour news cycle & ended when Marion passed away in 2012. Streams are free on the PBS app & PBS.org through July 14. dennosmuseum.org/events/films.html
---------------------2020 WATERSHED CHALLENGE: Celebrate the clean, healthy water our region boasts by participating in the 2020 Watershed Challenge: Grand Traverse Bay Your Way. This virtual challenge encourages people to get outside & bike, swim, run, paddle, or hike. Participants are challenged to collectively exceed the goal of 2,020 miles completed. Runs from July 25 - August 22. https://runsignup. com/2020watershedchallenge
---------------------WINE, WATER & WHEELS!: The Inn at Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. This Black Star Farms Outdoor Adventure Package will provide a day of biking & sightseeing through Leelanau County, & one’s choice of paddle activity on Suttons Bay. Visit Black Star Farms online for details. blackstarfarms.com/package-specials
---------------------#SAFEHARBOR 4TH OF JULY ONLINE CELEBRATION: The Harbor Springs Chamber of Commerce is encouraging local residents & businesses to decorate their homes, businesses & vehicles & post the pictures on the chamber’s Facebook page or email them to: angie@harborspringschamber.com. Please include the address of your home or business when you send them a picture. They will compile a list of patriotic homes & businesses, with addresses, so others can drive around town & appreciate your creativity. The contest will honor the best of these categories:
OUTSIDE ISN’T CANCELED! GRAND TRAVERSE KIDS’ BIKE LIBRARY: To keep elementary-aged students pedaling by making sure they always have a bike that fits, no matter their family’s resources. See what’s available online, schedule an appointment to pick up your bike from the Wheelhouse, & then ride it until it doesn’t fit anymore. Free. elgruponorte.org
---------------------BEE TV: Every Sat. through July 18 at 10am. A Facebook Live event with Bob Bernard in his bee yard at Earthwork Farm. Tune in to the Crosshatch Facebook page. facebook. com/island.artmeetsearth BIKE NIGHT & CAR CRUISE-IN: Tuesdays, 6pm through Sept. 1 at Boyne Mountain Resort, Clock Tower Lodge circle drive, Boyne Falls. Bring your roadster, hog or coupe. Live music, weekly raffle to benefit local charities & more. Find on Facebook.
---------------------FREE FOOD BAGS: The Depot, East Jordan. Pick up on Mondays from 12-1pm.
---------------------CHAIRLIFT RIDES: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Ride the Crystal Clipper chairlift & enjoy panoramic views of three counties & top-of-the-mountain attractions including live musical entertainment, snack bar, cash bar & more. Available Wednesday & Saturday evenings through Sept. 5. $9/person; free for 8 & under with paying adult. crystalmountain. com/event/chairlift-rides
---------------------GRIEFSHARE AT MICHAEL’S PLACE: Wednesdays, 1pm through July 29. Michael’s Place is partnering with First Congregational Church to offer GriefShare Online Video Support. Contact Michael’s Place at goodgrief@mymichaelsplace.net with questions. mymichaelsplace.net/griefshareat-michaels-place
---------------------GUIDED WALKING HISTORY TOURS OF TC: A two-mile, two-and-a-half-hour tour held on Sundays at 2pm. Begins & ends at Perry Hannah Plaza located at 6th & Union streets. Please wear a face mask & practice current social distancing guidelines. walktchistory.com
---------------------OUTDOOR MOVIE: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Bring a chair or blanket to watch a movie under the stars. Movies range from G to PG 13. Held at the Mountain Adventure Zone on Wednesday & Saturday Nights at dusk, July 8 - Sept. 5. crystalmountain.com/ activities/outdoor-movie
---------------------STREET MUSIQUE: Thursdays, 6:30-8:30pm. Each Thurs. will have a theme with music & musician types that fit the themes. Social distancing will be kept in place. Presented by the Harbor Springs Chamber Foundation & the Blissfest Music Organization. Held on the streets of downtown Harbor Springs.
---------------------YOGA IN THE PARK!: Wednesdays &, Thursdays, 6pm through July 29. A Vinyasa Flow session in Hull Park behind the Traverse Area District Library, TC. Relax & restore your body through movement & breath. Bring your own mat or towel. eventbrite.com/e/yoga-in-thepark-wednesday-nights-tickets-84779161755
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BELLAIRE FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-1pm, front parking lot of ASI, Bellaire. Currently only allowing a minimum number of individuals through at a time, & there will be a manned entrance & exit. facebook.com/ BellaireFarmersMarket?fref=ts
---------------------BOYNE CITY FARMERS MARKET: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 8am-noon, Veterans Park, Boyne City.
DOWNTOWN GAYLORD FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 8am-1pm, under the Pavilion, Downtown Gaylord. facebook.com/DowntownGaylordFarmersMarket
---------------------DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8:30am-1pm, Howard St. - between Mitchell & Michigan streets. petoskeychamber.com/downtown-petoskey-farmers-market
---------------------EAST JORDAN FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 9am-1pm, Memorial Park.
---------------------ELK RAPIDS FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-noon, Rotary Park. Market guidelines: https://www.elkrapidschamber.org/farmers-market/
---------------------ELLSWORTH FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon, Town Square.
---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 9am-1pm, Main St., Downtown Harbor Springs. New rules this year include being more spaced out (10-foot space between vendors), from State St., all the way to the end of Zorn Park, & customers are asked to wear masks. There will also be pre-orders available. harborspringsfarmersmarket.org/?reqp=1&reqr=
---------------------KALKASKA FARMERS MARKET: Tuesdays, 2-6pm, held near the trout fountain at Railroad Square in downtown Kalkaska.
---------------------MANCELONA FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 3-7pm, Howard St. & East State St., Mancelona. Currently only allowing a minimum number of individuals through at a time, & there will be a manned entrance & exit. mancelonafarmersmarket.weebly.com
---------------------OUTDOOR FARMERS MARKET AT THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS, TC: Held on Mondays through Oct. from 2-6pm on the Piazza. Please practice social distancing & wear a mask.
---------------------SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Online Market: Wednesday Pickup ONLY, 5-8pm, Lot B, Downtown TC, across from Clinch Park. Physical Market: Saturday ONLY, 7:30amnoon, Lot B, Downtown TC, across from Clinch Park. dda.downtowntc.com/farmers-market
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EXHIBIT: SUMMER SALON: July 4 – Aug. 15, Charlevoix Circle of Arts. A salon-style exhibit showcasing regionally inspired work by local & area artists. CharlevoixCircle.org
---------------------CALL FOR ARTISTS: 33RD RUBBER DUCKY FESTIVAL ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: The
arts & crafts fair will be held on Aug. 15. Handmade items only. Register. bellairechamber.org
---------------------SEQUESTERED ART EXHIBIT: Runs through Aug. 29 at GACA Art Center, Gaylord during normal business hours of 1-4pm on Thursdays & Fridays, 12-2pm on Saturdays or by appointment. This is a multi-media exhibit of artwork, creative writing & music that was created during Michigan’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” COVID-19 time period or for GACA’s 100-Day Project. gaylordarts.org
---------------------CALLING ARTISTS: Reserve a space to share & sell your art for a cause in the Imprés parking lot during the Imprés Art Walk held on July 12 from 12-5pm. All entry donations benefit Women’s Resource Center, TART Trails, & Black Lives Matter. Contact: madsvo@alumni.usc.edu.
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MICHIGAN ARTISTS GALLERY VIRTUAL SPRING SHOW 2020: “Out of the Woods: Mammals, Memories and Mud”: Featuring six Michigan clay artists. Runs through July. michiganartistsgallery.com/out-of-the-woods.html
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---------------------YOUTH ART SHOW 2020 ONLINE: Runs through Sept. 1. Featuring over 1,250 images from young artists working throughout the CharlevoixEmmet Intermediate School District. crookedtree. org/event/ctac-online-ctac-petoskey-ctac-traverse-city/youth-art-show-2020-online
---------------------DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - 40 CHANCES: FINDING HOPE IN A HUNGRY WORLD: Runs through Aug. 16. Featuring the photography of Howard G. Buffett & 40 photographs that document the world hunger crisis as part of a global awareness campaign. Check web site for days & hours. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/ temporary-exhibits/40-chances.html - ERGO SUM: A CROW A DAY: Runs through Aug. 16. On Aug. 1, 2014 artist Karen Bondarchuk set out to mark the passing time that her mother – diagnosed with dementia in 2010 – no longer could. For 365 days, she produced a crow a day on a hand-cut, hand-gessoed panel, remembering her mother as she once was & grieving her loss. See web site for days & times. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/ temporary-exhibits/crow-a-day.html - PULPED UNDER PRESSURE: Runs through Aug. 16. With traditional hand papermaking at its core, this exhibition underscores important contemporary issues steeped in history & craft. See web site for days & hours. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/temporaryexhibits/pulped-under-pressure.html
GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER: - NEW VIEWS: BIRDLANDIA: This virtual juried exhibition focuses on birds, both the literal & symbolic ways they help to describe our inner & outer lives, home, relationships, the state of the ecology & more. Runs through July 16. glenarborart.org/exhibits/virtual-exhibits - WORDS FOR WATER POETRY THROWDOWN CALL FOR POETS: “Who owns the water?” That question is the basis for the July 31 Words For Water open-air poetry throwdown at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. This event is part of the GAAC’s 6ft Apart Art program, a series of outdoor pop-up events, & is offered in collaboration with FLOW [For Love Of Water]. Each writer may read up to five minutes. No pre-registration is required. Free. glenarborart.org/events/6ft-apart-art-clothesline-exhibit - 6FT APART ART: CLOTHESLINE EXHIBIT CALL-FOR-ENTRIES: The Glen Arbor Arts Center is moving art outdoor as part of its 6ft Apart Art series of creative, pop-up events. The first event is the Clothesline Exhibit, July 24 – Aug. 27. Create an unframed painting, drawing, photograph or collage on a single sheet of paper that creatively interprets northern MI’s landscape & woodlands. Each work will be placed in a sealed plastic envelope & pinned to a clothesline in front of the GAAC building. The deadline for entry is July 15. Mail finished work to: GAAC, P.O. Box 305, Glen Arbor, MI 49636. Hand delivered works may be deposited in the sealed plastic tub stationed outside the main entrance. Please include the following info on the back of your work: title, your name, contact phone number, email. glenarborart.org - ART IN A TIME OF CORONAVIRUS - A POSTCARD RESPONSE: Glen Arbor Arts Center call-for-entry. Exhibit runs Sept. 11 – Nov. 5. This an exhibition of postcards created in response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. Postcards will be installed in the GAAC’s Lobby Gallery, & exhibited in tandem with the Power Tools exhibition in the main gallery. The submission deadline is Aug. 12. glenarborart. org/artists-main/calls-for-entry - POWER TOOLS - A JURIED EXHIBITION: Seeking submissions for this exhibit through Aug. 12. The exhibit runs Sept. 11 – Nov. 5 & is built on the belief that the visual arts provide powerful tools of expression. glenarborart.org/ artists-main/calls-for-entry - MANITOU MUSIC POSTER COMPETITION: The Glen Arbor Arts Center is accepting submissions of original paintings for its 2021 Manitou Music poster competition. The deadline for online submissions is Sept. 17. Open to all current GAAC members. glenarborart. org/mmf-poster-competition-guidlines
---------------------HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - RUFUS SNODDY: CONSTRUCTION PAINTINGS & OTHER SMALL WORKS: Runs July 11 - Aug. 11. higherartgallery.com
- CALLING MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHERS: Photographers should be based in Michigan. Subject matter is open to anything. Monochromatic or black & white only. Up to three images may be submitted & considered for inclusion. Deadline to submit is July 20. Exhibit will run Aug. 14-30. higherartgallery.com - THE WOODLAND: A digital exhibit. You can also view the exhibit in the Higher Art Gallery, downtown TC showcase window. Featuring the artwork of Kristen Egan & Brian Sostrom, through July. higherartgalleryonline.bigcartel.com - OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: “CITIZEN’S COPING”: Artists of all mediums are invited to examine how the last four years have changed them personally (or not), & express how the actions of this administration has affected them. NEW: Examine the effects of COVID-19 as well. Deadline to apply & enter submission is: 9/5/2020. Show Opens: 10/9/2020. higherartgallery.com
---------------------OLIVER ART CENTER, FRANKFORT: - MAKE A MASK, MAKE A DIFFERENCE CONTEST: Now through July 6 Oliver Art Center is accepting donations of handmade masks from crafters, designers, seamstresses & artists of all ages. The masks need to be latex free, made of breathable fabric, & washable. Submissions will be judged on overall creativity & originality. There will be both youth & adult brackets with cash prizes. Adults first place receives $250 & youth first place receives $75. Prizewinners will be announced July 13 & then the masks will be donated to local organizations that need them for employees or volunteers. Mail masks to: Oliver Art Center, P.O. Box 1513, Frankfort, MI 49635. Questions? Email: info@oliverart.org. - CREATIVE SPACE TO GO!: Bags of craft ideas & supplies designed for ages 3-7 will be available for pick up at Oliver Art Center, Frankfort until supplies run out. - FREE VIRTUAL ONLINE ART CLASSES: Kids can log into Google Classroom & join Meg Louwsma, OAC’s art instructor, for lessons on historic periods of art & artists, face to face teaching & assistance, how-to videos of several art projects & a story time segment with Kaitlin from Benzie Shores District Library. Each class will last 1 week & will conclude with an online exhibition of student work. Classes will run weekly into mid-August. Supply kits will be available at OAC for $10 & will include all the supplies needed for classes all summer. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org - KIDS ART CONTEST: “Michigan at Play”: Submit your 8x10 inch, horizontal artwork depicting the active & fun lifestyle this region of the state offers. Nine entries will be chosen for display in the Frankfort Medical Group, a primary care office located inside Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital. Include your name, age & submission title. Pieces due to Oliver Art Center by July 10. For info, email: info@oliverart.org
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian author Mary McCarthy provides you with a challenge you’ll be wise to relish during the rest of 2020. She writes, “Everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you’re older is that you really must make the self.” McCarthy implies that this epic reorientation isn’t likely until you’ve been on earth for at least four decades. But judging from the astrological omens, I think you’re ready for it now—no matter what your age is. To drive home the point, I’ll say it in different words. Your task isn’t to find yourself, but rather to create yourself. Don’t wait around passively for life to show you who you are. Show life who you are.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) The
coming weeks will be a favorable time to undertake a transformative vision quest, even if the exigencies of the pandemic require your quest to unfold primarily in your inner realms. The near future will also bring you good fortune if you focus on creating more sacredness in your rhythm and if you make a focused effort to seek out songs, texts, inspirations, natural places, and teachers that infuse you with a reverence for life. I’m trying to help you to see, Sagittarius, that you’re in a phase when you can attract healing synchronicities into your world by deepening your sense of awe and communing with experiences that galvanize you to feel worshipful.
“Jonesin” Crosswords "Gilded Age" --theme answers surrounded by gold. by Matt Jones
ACROSS 1 “Abnormally Attracted to Sin” singer Tori 5 Interest 9 Helped out at a rave, e.g. 13 Draw from a pen 14 “___ a dull moment” 16 Bank 17 Turn-of-the-century style 19 ___ Stanley Gardner (author whose Perry Mason character inspired the 2020 HBO series) 20 Comparatively chilly 21 Activity with tanks 23 Lamentable 24 Vowel sounds in “naysay” 26 “I identify with that GIF” 28 Romantic duet in “The Phantom of the Opera” 34 Drugstore container 37 Actress Kendrick 38 Eighth day of Christmas figures 39 Age verifiers 40 Edison’s ___ Park 42 One-all, for one 43 Hitchcock film named for a gem 46 Tiniest of noises 47 Jury member 48 Where to order individual items 51 Take back 52 They help you get a handle 56 Glass of “This American Life” 58 Take up broom? 62 Jack of kids’ rhymes 63 Latvian capital 65 Super Mario World 2 character that pops up from underwater 67 Important work 68 Profession deserving of nightly applause (at a minimum) 69 Clickable pic 70 Part of CSNY 71 Slightest bit 72 Grandmotherly nicknames
DOWN 1 Be of assistance 2 “Polo” preceder 3 Agree to participate 4 Dakar’s domain 5 Bearded grassland grazer 6 Pushes the engine 7 “Voulez-vous coucher ___ moi ce soir?” 8 Jeff Bridges’s brother 9 “Black-ish” father 10 Newark resident, slangily 11 “Enchanted” Anne Hathaway role 12 Turned green to gold? 15 Early 1980s craze creator 18 Type of exam 22 Chemistry class model 25 Poetry competition 27 Advanced deg. for musicians 29 Bumbling 30 “Bonne ___!” (“Happy New Year!” in French) 31 Home of my Oregon alma mater 32 Slobbery dog of the comics 33 Software buyer 34 “La Dolce ___” (Fellini film) 35 Symbol of immunity, on “Survivor” 36 Spears on the table 41 Play before the main act 44 One in a deck 45 Hits with a laser 47 Gourd used in some Thai curries 49 “Blackadder Goes Forth” star Atkinson 50 Space shuttle letters 53 “Loveroot” author Jong 54 Boca ___, Florida 55 Gobsmacks 56 Metal for old skillets 57 Kelly of “Live! With Kelly and Ryan” 59 Prefix before “distant” 60 Currency introduced in 1999 61 Before times, so to speak 64 Forest fire output 66 “Back to the Future” costar Thompson
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “To love
well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.” The author and activist bell hooks wrote that. (She doesn’t capitalize her name.) In accordance with the highest astrological potentials, I’m inviting you Capricorns to be inspired by her wisdom as you upgrade your meaningful relationships during the next six weeks. I think it’s in your self-interest to give them even more focus and respect and appreciation than you already do. Be ingenious as you boost the generosity of spirit you bestow on your allies. Be resourceful as you do this impeccable work in the midst of a pandemic!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it,” wrote author Sydney Howard. Now would be a perfect time to act on that excellent advice. Is there any obstacle standing in the way of your ability to achieve a beloved dream? Is there a pretty good thing that’s distracting you from devoting yourself wholeheartedly to a really great thing? I invite you to be a bit ruthless as you clear the way to pursue your heart’s desire.
PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): Author Ellen
Goodman writes, “The truth is that we can overhaul our surroundings, renovate our environment, talk a new game, join a new club, far more easily than we can change the way we respond emotionally. It is easier to change behavior than feelings about that behavior.” I think she’s correct in her assessment. But I also suspect that you’re in a prime position to be an exception to the rule. In the coming weeks, you will have exceptional power to transform the way you feel—especially if those feelings have previously been based on a misunderstanding of reality and especially if those feelings have been detrimental to your mental and physical health.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “As beautiful as
simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration,” said singer Laura Nyro. This is practical advice for you to heed in the coming weeks. According to my analysis, you’re scheduled to enjoy an extended engagement with rich, fertile complexity. The best teachings won’t be reducible to a few basic lessons; rather, they’ll be rife with soulful nuances. The same is true about the splendid dilemmas that bring you stimulating amusements: They can’t and shouldn’t be forced into pigeonholes. As a general rule, anything that seems easy and smooth and straightforward will probably not be useful. Your power will come from what’s crooked, dense, and labyrinthine.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You may think
that playing heavy metal music and knitting with yarn don’t have much in common. And yet there is an annual contest in Joensuu, Finland where people with expertise in needlework join heavy metal musicians on stage, plying their craft
in rhythm to the beat. The next Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship will be July 15-16, 2021. This year’s event was canceled due to the pandemic. If it had been staged, I bet multiple Tauruses would have been among the top ten competitors. Why? Because you Bulls are at the peak of your ability to combine things that aren’t often combined. You have the potential to excel at making unexpected connections, linking influences that haven’t been linked before, and being successful at comparing apples and oranges.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1848, Danish
King Frederick VII agreed, under pressure from liberal agitators, to relinquish some of his absolute power. Thereafter, he shared his decision-making with a newly formed parliament. He was pleased with this big change because it lightened his workload. “That was nice,” he remarked after signing the new constitution. “Now I can sleep in every morning.” I recommend him to you as an inspirational role model in the coming weeks. What so-called advantages in your life are more boring or burdensome than fun and interesting? Consider the possibility of shedding dubious “privileges” and status symbols.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Some night soon, I
predict you’ll have an agitated dream while you’re asleep: a nightmare that symbolizes an unresolved conflict you’re wrestling with in your waking life. Here’s a possible example: A repulsive politician you dislike may threaten to break a toy you loved when you were a kid. But surprise! There’ll be a happy ending. A good monster will appear in your dream and fix the problem; in my example, the benevolent beast will scare away the politician who’s about to break your beloved toy. Now here’s the great news: In the days after your dream, you’ll solve the conflict you’ve been wrestling with in your waking life.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Love is the best
school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful,” writes author Diane Ackerman. I’m guessing that in recent months, her description has been partially true for you Virgos. From what I can tell, love has indeed been a rigorous school. And the tuition has been rather high. But on the other hand, the homework has been at least as pleasurable as it has been painful. I expect these trends to continue for the foreseeable future. What teachings about intimacy, communion, tenderness, and compassion would you like to study next?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “A single feat of
daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible,” wrote Libran novelist Graham Greene. His words can serve as a stirring motto for you in the coming weeks. I sense you’re close to summoning a burst of courage—a bigger supply of audacity than you’ve had access to in a while. I hope you’ll harness this raw power to fuel a daring feat that will expand your conception of what is possible.
ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “It’s not always easy to tell the difference between thinking and looking out of the window,” wrote poet Wallace Stevens. That’s a problem you won’t have to worry about anytime soon. The coming weeks will be a favorable phase for you to both think and gaze out the window— as well as to explore all the states in-between. In other words, you’ll have the right and the need to indulge in a leisurely series of dreamy ruminations and meandering fantasies and playful explorations of your deepest depths and your highest heights. Don’t rush the process. Allow yourself to linger in the gray areas and the vast stretches of inner wildness.
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