Beaver Island Michigan

Update for Matt Fogg: Small steps every day equal good, steady progress! Last night he walked the length of one of the ICU halls! They are possibly considering moving him to the Cardiac floor on Tuesday (?). Many of his tubes are out. He ate a few bites of cream of chicken soup, a little bit of Jell...

Update on Matt Fogg: Matt's third surgery to close his chest from the open-heart surgery on Thursday, went well, however, while he is stable he is still very critical. He will be in the ICU for a while more. There are some big hurdles he has to overcome. Prayers are still needed. Everyone's prayers ...

Joe, this is awesome. Are you going to be live streaming any other events from Beaver Island?

Thank you, everyone, for your kind words and comments.

We laid my old friend to rest in Wendy and Matt's front yard.

My dog Maynard, my constant companion and dear friend, passed away several weeks ago. He was almost 19 years old. He and I shared many adventures and traveled all over the country. He lived long enough to accompany me down the aisle to marry my husband (Maynard was an excellent judge of character an...

Does anyone have Mike and Jayne Bailey's address in Traverse City? You can PM me.

Thanks.

Deborah LePow

Couldn't agree more, Mr. Ballymore!

Does anyone know anything about this guy? His background? From what I've read, he seems extremely radical and preaches terrorism ("freedom fighting" he calls it) from the inside out.

Why exactly is he coming to Beaver Island?

Oldest? I think Maynard might be a shoe-in.

While packing up my house, I found this in a little town newspaper from Machias, Maine, where my parents used to live. 20 Clues to Rural Community Survival: An Annotated List 1.Evidence of Community Pride- Successful communities are often showplaces of care, attention, history and heritage. 2.Emphas...

We are packing and purging and we just sent lots of great stuff to the resale shop... - clothes - dishes - vintage chotzies - shelves - magazine racks - kitchen small wares - glassware - games and puzzles - desk - vintage bedframe - TV trays - toys - jewelry - lots more Hopefully someone will make o...

Thanks, John. That's a great tip!

My husband and I are looking for a clean, reliable motorhome for cross country travel.

Please call David or Deborah at 917-683-4000.

Reading all these posts about Doug makes me realize that he had a special gift that made everyone feel like they were uniquely special to him, that they were the only ones that Doug made feel that way. I was one of those people. It's very humbling and wonderful to know just how many people he made f...

We are offering an afterschool sewing class through the 21st century learning program and we have all but one sewing machine for the kids. Does anyone have a sewing machine that they wouldn't mind lending out for about 5 weeks? The machine should be in good working order but does not have to be fanc...