Returning to Tibet

By Peter Richards Sun contributor September 25, 2005 is a day I will always remember. On that day I flew for 24 hours from Marquette, Michigan, to Nirita, Japan, to Beijing, China, to Chundu, Tibet. Once I staggered off of the plane, I could see the Himalayas, and realize of my goal of hiking Mt. […]

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Travels in Deutschland

By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor Glen Lake School started its German exchange program 10 years ago when Carla Gipson set up a sister school relationship with the Anne Frank Gesamtschule in Havixbeck, in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany. Since then, students from our local school district and German students have traveled back and forth […]

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Cooperative living in a college town

By Corin Blust Sun contributor Last fall, I moved into a broken-down yellow house on Kingsley Street in Ann Arbor along with 11 other people. Sound familiar to a reality show you’ve seen on television? The only difference was that we were not regular tenants. Our goal was to fix up the house and make […]

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Immersion under the crescent: an exchange experience in Istanbul

By Codi Yeager Sun contributor “The city is CRAZY!” wrote Zambak Bayrakcan, aka Lily Springsteen. Her e-mail, dated June 10, was flowing and excited, a rush of words that, piece by piece, created a wonderful, jumbled picture of her Turkish home. For the past year Lily, a resident of nearby Long Lake Township, has lived […]

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Death of a hero, yet her vision lives on

In recent years the Glen Arbor Sun has written about a humanitarian non-profit organization in Guatemala that has touched the lives of numerous northern Michigan locals and sent them on service-learning trips to Guatemala City to lend a hand in and around the massive garbage dump where Safe Passage is a guiding light for hundreds […]

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Art Forum Berlin In 1,000 Words or Less

By Steven Matthew Brown Sun contributor Steven Matthew Brown, a former Artist in Residence at the Glen Arbor Art Association, is a native Detroiter. Brown is currently pursuing his Masters in Fine Arts at the Bauhaus Universität in Weimar, Germany. Photo by Norm Dagen “121 galleries from 22 countries will show new works by their […]

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Local artist falls deeper and deeper in love with Provence

By Jo Anne S. Wilson Sun contributor In the winter of 2003, I fell in love. I was living in one of five stone cottages on an old restored lavender farm in the Provence region of southern France. Several weeks ago, I returned from residing for 10 months at that same farm, and I’m still […]

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County native’s medical training takes her to rural, poor Mayan clinic

Liz Martin says three-month experience changed her life By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Part two in a two-part series on locals doing humanitarian work in Guatemala RIO DULCE, Guatemala – In a setting as meager as the Ak’tenamit project site, located in the jungle of eastern Guatemala, a hike and a motorboat ride away from […]

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In impoverished, war-torn Guatemala, county locals try to make a difference

Sutherland brothers encourage volunteers for trip next fall By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor “Study is not the goal, DOING is. Do not mistake ‘talk’ for action. Pity fills no stomach. Compassion builds no house. Understanding is not yet justice.” — Rabbi Pirke Avot Part one in a two-part series on locals doing humanitarian work in […]

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Georgia or bust: Local couple braves the Appalachian Trail — Part 2

By Abby Noble Sun contributor Abby (Chatfield) Noble, of Leland, set out to hike the Appalachian Trail with her now-husband, Kenny, in the fall of 2003. The two-part tale of their awe-inspiring journey concludes in this issue of the Glen Arbor Sun. Abby honed her writing skills at the Interlochen Arts Academy. She and Kenny […]

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