Here is a little up-date about where we are going and where we have been and what we have been up to lately. Heidi turned seventeen on Saturday so we have been celebrating with her.

Kids have always misbehaved. They always will. It’s like a sport for adults to try to figure that out. As hard as it is to imagine, even I sometimes misbehaved in my wayward youth. A generation ago they labeled this depravity. In a more enlightened age and we began to call it juvenile delinquency. That had social overtones.

For our silver wedding anniversary I talked my southern wife into going north with me. We spent most of two days enjoying Mackinac Island. They were both beautiful fall-like days. The splendor of summer was coming to an end. The grass was lush and the flowers in their full glory, but there was a cool snap in the air and leaves were beginning to turn. In places gusts of breeze blew yellow sliver-like leaves from the locust trees. Some of the maples were starting …

The guy at the Birkenstock store put us onto this little coffee shop right on the Harbor. I’m sure I will never visit the island without spending some time at this little shop. It has windows all arouind and sits right on the harbor. The coffee was great and they serve cinnamon rolls as big as a barge.

This was where Lois and I spent our 25th Wedding Anniversary. We stayed in the gable room in the upper left hand corner of the picture.

This must be one of the most beautiful libraries in America.

I love Adinrondak chairs and this beautiful woman posing in front of them. This was taken on our 25th Anniversary on Mackinac Island. It was a beautiful day to be together. Don’t you think she looks happy.