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A bird in the hand
Poetry/EssayBy Mary Sharry For the song of the bird and the hum of the bee; heavenly father I thank thee. This was the prayer my mother suggested I use when I was frightened of such things — birds and bees, although there are no bees in this story.
Winter’s Coming!
Photo Spread… and with it, the Glen Arbor Sun will go into hibernation until mid-January, when we emerge from a turkey and eggnog-induced snooze to let you know how cold it is in the north woods, who around town has frost bite and who doesn’t, who is frolicking in the Florida Keys and who is stuck […]
Greening Cherry Republic
Business FeatureBy Forest Mullins Sun contributor “We are not just selling cherries anymore; we are trying to make a better world,” says Cherry Republic President Bob Sutherland, who has taken a cue from one of the country’s prominent environmental philanthropists and made an effort to “green up” his popular Glen Arbor business that sells all things […]
Remembering Sportsman’s Shop co-owner Marie Smith
Upcoming EventFrom staff reports Locals will have an opportunity to support “Marie’s boys” — her husband Bob and her sons, Wes and Brad, who own the Sportsman’s Shop and make up the crew of the charter fishing boat, “The Mariah” — at a weekend fundraiser, Nov. 15-16 at the shop in Glen Arbor. Door prizes will […]
For Love of Water
Dispatch from AfarAward-winning documentary to screen in Traverse City By Holly Wren Spaulding Sun contributor We are speeding through the Orange Free State in South Africa. The sky here is as black as any sky I’ve seen—inky dark and throbbing with stars. Tall grasses bend in the wind on either side of a narrow and mostly empty […]
The Fall Classic in the City of Brotherly Love
Dispatch from AfarBy Dan Herd Sun contributor PHILADELPHIA—The section of tables was “reserved,” but that didn’t stop Phil from asking the waitress if we could sit there. It was the only open area in the bar, and probably the only open tables within 30 blocks. We took our seats, ordered another round, and Phil said “Hey, maybe […]
Breaking ground for the garden
Photo SpreadRepresentatives of the Glen Arbor Township Board, the Design Committee, Glen Lake Garden Club, Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce, and the Garden Fundraising Committee participated in a ground breaking for the Glen Arbor Garden in early October. The Committee has raised over $75,000 and is still accepting donations and orders for bricks (see ad on […]
Mourning for deer
Poetry/EssayBy Mary Sharry Sun contributor Nature can be harsh and beautiful at the same time. There is a resident herd of deer in our neighborhood; most of the time they live in a field across the street from our house. In early summer, the does and their fawns—sometimes there are twins—roam the village of Empire. […]
Wishbones and Scars
Poetry/EssayBy Anne-Marie Oomen Sun contributor We couldn’t afford icicles for the Christmas tree so my mother saved coffee can ribbons, the metal strip you peeled off with a key when you opened the can. On Thanksgiving Day, to divert and appease us, and to satisfy our wish that Christmas (in our minds the real holiday) […]
Gutsy “kid’s” movie WALL•E offers more than inconvenient truths
Investigative ArticleBy Pat Stinson Sun contributor South of Lake Leelanau, a white gull glides in an empty sky once filled with flocks of arching wings and high-pitched calls. Beneath him, grouse feast on thousands of berries from invasive autumn olive bushes sold by a government agency that now knows better. Nearby, an eight-point buck and his […]