2011-12-31 02:41
A quick update for Ice Tree lovers... as of today, the 2012 tree is growing. It's not too sparkly yet, but give it a few icy days. It should be gorgeous by the weekend, just in time for the… Read More
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2011-08-07 01:30
There were so many exciting events going on in the city today. It was hard to decide what to do first, but I started with this one, the grand opening of Scarcyny Garden in southwest Detroit… Read More
2011-05-24 20:36
I am a huge fan of Access Arts and their projects, having enjoyed their exhibitions on Belle Isle immensely. They branched out this spring to partner with Forward Arts and the Woodbridge Nei… Read More
2011-05-15 00:46
Today was the Michigan Black Horseman's Association Trail Ride on Belle Isle. I only caught the tail end of it (no pun intended), but it was so much fun to see the horses, worn out from thei… Read More
2011-05-14 22:52
When I started writing this blog, it was actually to help me learn how to use my new laptop and to learn Web 2.0 kinds of things. I hoped but didn't really imagine that other people would re… Read More
2011-03-11 06:25
My esteemed blog friend at The Night Train: Detroit asked on her facebook page (probably jokingly) what I thought about the idea floated by a guy at Tech Town to put a vineyard on Belle Isle… Read More
2011-03-06 17:00
In honor of Spay Day USA today, I am going to write one of my rambling, takes-a-while-to-get-to-the point posts. This one is best read with a cat, like Links, above, sitting on your lap.I ha… Read More
2011-02-14 03:24
Come out to the island and play.I have been working feverishly all weekend on the next installment of Gracie Krum's story, and just as I was nearing the end of editing, I accidently deleted… Read More
2011-02-06 05:08
At "Shiver on the River" today, the Coast Guard gave a demonstration worthy of the Indy 500 with its ice boat, throwing blizzards of snow hundreds of feet in its wake. (more on the air boat… Read More
2011-02-02 06:15
I like the city at its most deserted, so when everyone else was rushing out to beat the storm, the dogs and I headed to the Riverwalk.You know those classic movies from the forties, where th… Read More
2011-01-30 10:10
Last month, while writing about a turn-of-the century Detroit woman painter, I became intrigued by several other unknown women, a tightly woven circle of historians, friends, and librarians… Read More
2011-01-23 02:44
July 1909. Less than a year earlier, the first Model T rolled out of the Piquette Plant. Cars were becoming affordable for the average family, not just toys for the rich, and Detroit was hos… Read More
2011-01-16 03:08
The more things change.... look closely and you'll see that this car is plugged in to recharge. That's right, it's the Chevy Volt's great grandaddy, circa 1919. You'll rarely find me writing… Read More
2011-01-09 04:07
It felt like I was having a conversation with an old friend.Words reached out from the walls, from the covers of books and the pages of poems. They stretched in bright graffiti paint script… Read More
2010-12-29 16:22
The ice performs a different concert daily as it passes the island. One day it creaks and groans, whines, wheezes, and clatters like factory machinery.Another day, it giggles, chirps, plinks… Read More
2010-12-29 16:22
Warmest wishes to all for a happy holiday. Here's a few of my favorite old Detroit images from the Library of Congress Read More
2010-12-29 16:22
So you have relatives coming from out of town for the holidays? Or some free time on your hands? Looking for a fun family day? You could spend a whole day hanging out on Belle Isle, inside a… Read More
2010-12-29 16:22
In case you're not from these parts, or you haven't been to it yet, Noel Night is an annual event in Detroit's Cultural Center and Midtown neighborhood where basically everybody (museums, sh… Read More
2010-12-27 05:41
A letter to her brother, Crapo Cornell Smith, that she wrote from Egmond, a Dutch art colony.This post is the fourth in a series about a fascinating and little-known turn-of-the-century Detr… Read More
2010-12-15 00:17
We haven't been to the island as much lately, Smart, Fluffy, and I. You may have noticed we deserted you for a month or so a while back. The smart one tore her second ACL this fall, which me… Read More
2010-12-12 14:38
I struggled with the snarks on this post title... Cathedral of St. Slow's*? New Testament Church of Declare Detroit? Our Lady Queen of Hipsters? In the end the snarks lost and my kinder, gen… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Wooden bridge over canal, Belle Isle, Burton Historical Collection, predates Sylvan Creek and Oakway Bridge described below.A guy named Benjamin Gravel makes it his labor of love to post pho… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I must have passed Woodlawn Cemetery thousands of times, driving down Woodward, but never stopped until today.I'm always looking for new spots with great scenery to walk Smart and Fluffy, an… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Smart and Fluffy are still around, frolicking in the snow as usual. They've missed being minor blog celebrities.Palmer Park makes a nice change of scenery (smellery for dogs?) from their usu… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We left Letta Crapo Smith in the early days of the Detroit Society of Women Painters. Letta was one of the founding members. She quickly became an officer of the group, and then in 1907 was… Read More
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