Tag: Books
Points North: Some Things Never Change
By Daniel Wanschura
Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.
This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.
It was a cold, three-mile hike to my cabin.
Letters to the Editor: April 4, 2025
A Free Press reader suggests removing the homeless and panhandlers loitering downtown and accommodate them along Hamilton Road.
Seedy Saturday offers free gardening pro tips and seeds
Gardening is for everyone, organizer says
Azhigwa Zhiiwaagamiziganike or She Makes Maple Sugar Right Now
“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.
Some Things Never Change
Inside rustic cabins and yurts at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park there are log books. For more than 70 years, visitors have written in them. We went into this time capsule to see if people’s experiences here had changed much over the changing decades.