Sound and silence
By Douglas P. Marshdmarsh@cherryroad.com Holiday tunes emerged and bloomed in our part of the world, this year as ev’ry in collective mem’ry. Festive music is… Login to continue reading Login…
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What Christmas is as we grow older
Time was, with most of us, when Christmas Day encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss… Login to continue reading Login…
It’s coming on Christmas
By Amy Hensel I was born early in December, far enough from December 25 that holiday celebrations don’t overshadow any birthday plans I may make,… Login to continue reading Login…
A Pear-fectly chaotic story: Two teas and one rogue pear
By Mandilee Hecht mhecht@cherryroad.com Advent calendars are a fun tradition—a daily surprise to count down the days until Christmas. A few weeks ago, I watched… Login to continue reading Login…
Relax to the max
Rumination on holiday vacation By Douglas P. Marshdmarsh@cherryroad.com Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year are three of four of our national holidays established in 1870, along… Login to continue reading Login…
Navigating grief and loss during the holiday season
‘Tis the season for celebration and good cheer.
Embrace Small Business Saturday
As November begins, so does the busiest shopping season of the year.
EGLE seeking suggestions for water quality monitoring locations
The Water Resources Division (WRD) of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is soliciting monitoring recommendations for 2025 to support its Surface Water Quality Monitoring Strategy.Primary goals of the strategy are to assess the current status and condition of individual waters of the state and determine whether water quality standards are being met; measure spatial and temporal water quality trends; evaluate the effectiveness of water quality restoration and protection programs; and detect new and emerging water quality problems.For 2025, the WRD intends to allocate the majority of its monitoring resources to those watersheds highlighted in the Basin Year 2 Watersheds Map.