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Glen Lake Community Library holds biennial home tour
Upcoming EventIt’s the event the community has been waiting for The Glen Lake Community Library’s Home Tour includes five diverse residences that span the architectural sphere, from an old log cabin on Inspiration Point built in the 1920s to a “green” home built two years ago. These and three other unique homes will be open to the community for the tour. One of the homes is a gorgeous farmhouse complete with barns and gardens, all accessible. There is a beautiful Nantucket-style country home on Big Glen Lake, and a charming summer cottage on Little Glen. Something for everyone, to be sure.
No Ordinary Joe: dobro maestro Joe Wilson makes it as a musician up north
Local PersonalityI track down Joe Wilson at a sweet two-story house tucked in the woods in Leelanau County. It’s daytime, so Joe is the daycare dad of his seven-year-old son Oliver, a friendly 2nd grader. Joe’s wife Emily is out digging in the dirt somewhere in The County running her Green Thumb Landscapes business. A brilliant dobro player, Joe gigs most nights in one of the many bands it takes for a local to piece together a living as a musician up north. Sundays it’s The Hot Biscuits at Martha’s Table in Sutton’s Bay, Mondays it’s Cabin Fever at Boonedock’s in Glen Arbor, some Fridays it’s the Joe Wilson Trio at Union Street Station in Traverse City, some nights it’s at Hop Lot in Suttons Bay, or the Aurora Winery with E Minor. Joe has schlepped his axe and his gear in and out of pretty much every full- and part-time music venue across the north. How did he make the choice that required not just talent, but patience, determination, luck, and moxie?
A Pinzgauer in Glen Arbor
Local PersonalityOnce Birch Bayly and his wife Brianne welcomed their son, Beau, and thus the beginning of the true ‘family’ life, he began to search for the perfect up-north family excursion vehicle. Racking his brain and perusing vehicles-for-sale ads, Bayly’s mind wandered back to a thrilling outdoor excursion tour he had experienced in Santa Fe.
Taylor Moore to the Rescue!
Food/Organic Living, Local PersonalityTaylor Moore sits cheerfully under the shady trees outside the downtown Traverse City café Morsels on a brisk day. It’s not his shift at work, and he’s watching the construction vehicles at work across the street with a smile, not car envy. “I’ve always wanted to drive a truck, since I was a kid.” He has his own super-mobile of choice, the Food Rescue box truck, and driving it is one of the perks of his job. “There’s something really pleasant about it. People are really friendly on the road, and you’ve got to concentrate, and it’s a big, loud vehicle … it’s sweet.”
Sand beyond sand: Running the Dune Climb Trail
Sports/AdventureThis week, I have an insane hill workout to share with you all: running the famous dune climb at The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Not only is the initial hill a “bear” (get it?) but the rolling hills that follow had my heart pumping like never before.
Ruby John, Native Fiddler
Historical Feature, Local PersonalityRuby John, 26, is a jewel of a girl. Her name fits her. She’s also a gifted and versatile fiddler. One balmy Friday evening in mid-June she’s entertaining families at the Little Traverse Inn, fiddling in the Ruby Sky Band with some of her friends: Dane Hyde, who sings and plays guitar; Katie O’Conner, a singer and Irish dancer; and John Driscoll, a flautist and singer. The next week she’ll play for a staff dance at the Interlochen Arts Academy’s opening of summer camp. And after that, Saturday July 15, from 7 p.m.-1 a.m., Tucker’s in Northport. She’s known for playing a Métis-style of fiddle as well as Celtic, and standard country-and-mountain-style.
Mad for Mushrooms
Food/Organic LivingOne of the most welcome sights for farmers market goers come springtime is the appearance of morel mushrooms. This intense, earthy fungus, a natural for pasta, omelets, quiches and pizza recipes, can be found at markets during the month of May.
Preserve tours share heritage of Sleeping Bear settlers
Upcoming EventPreserve Historic Sleeping Bear, a partner group of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, will offer a variety of tours this summer through the Port Oneida Rural Historic District. Tours will share the history of the agricultural community of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
U-M professor offers “American Indian History 101”
Historical Feature, Upcoming EventUniversity of Michigan professor, Phil Deloria, will speak on the topic “American Indian History 101: Constitutions, Treaties, Laws, Courts, Empires, Slaves, Automobiles, and a Few Other Things Besides” on Thursday, July 6 at the Leelanau Historical Society in downtown Leland. A reception with wine and appetizers will begin at 7 p.m. and the talk will start at 7:30. Suggested donation of $5 per person.
Glen Arbor most affected by graying Leelanau County
NewsFor many good reasons—the area’s beauty and its good life, for starters—Glen Arbor has become a haven for us retirees. By 2015, the influx of seniors pushed the average age of a resident to around 63. Now, census estimates reveal Glen Arbor’s residents as the oldest in Leelanau, one of the oldest counties in the state.