Great Lake Islands Escapes Archives - Maureen Dunphy

Wooded Island: White City Respite

Maureen Dunphy — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 14:55:47 +0000

On the Monday morning three days after Japan’s March 11, 2011 triple disaster of the 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami, topping 45-feet, which, in turn, disabled the Fukushima nuclear plant, my friend Judy’s mom, Delores Coomes, died. The following weekend, we made the trip to Elgin, Illinois to pay our respects. On the way back to Michigan, we […]

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As Good and Saucy as a Coney

Maureen Dunphy — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 04:06:46 +0000

This blog posting could be for John Considine, who I met in 2008 or 2012 while working a phone bank for a national presidential campaign. Who suggested I blog about something else besides Great Lakes Basin islands. Let people know what’s going on in my life, what I’m thinking about when I’m not thinking about islands. […]

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My New “Mainland” Island Companion

Maureen Dunphy — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:02:28 +0000

“Travels with Books” is this year’s festival theme for the 14th Annual Kerrytown BookFest, taking place Sunday, September 11 at the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market. (Check out the very cool festival poster and how it was created by four collaborators here). One session of the day’s program will be led by two authors presenting “Traveling the Lakes.” I’m happy to be one of these […]

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You Never Know Who You Might Meet

Maureen Dunphy — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 01:54:53 +0000

Yes, that is a small plane in the featured photo above. And, yes, that is Tom Daldin, host of the PBS show “Under the Radar Michigan” (UTR). We’ve just landed on Beaver Island. What’s the story? My return to Beaver Island three weeks ago reminded me that not only are Great Lake Basin (GLB) islands […]

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A Bois Blanc Welcome, “Bob-Lo Style”

Maureen Dunphy — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 03:23:42 +0000

For those of you who grew up in the Detroit area, as I did, the name “Bob-Lo” may conjure up annual trips to the Bob-Lo Amusement Park, located on Bois Blanc Island, Ontario in the Detroit River Other than a few ruins, that version of that Bob-Lo Island now exists only in memories. The Other “Bob-Lo” The Bois […]

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Dispatch from the Pelee Island Winery Pavilion

Maureen Dunphy — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 06:09:40 +0000

The sun is shining, the grapes are growing, the wine is good. This is where you want to be with friends on a lazy summer afternoon as it stretches into a breezy evening. And we were there. So were the musicians, Karen Morand and Allison Brown, performing as a duo up on the deck while we sat […]

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