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Putin Invades Ukraine and Pushes Germany to Drop Pacifism
Putin Awakens Germany As the world watches the horror unfolding in Putin's war with Ukraine, nations are being asked to choose sides. Most are backing Ukraine, by applying sanctions to Russia in addition to providing significant resources for Ukraine’s defense. Lost...
Floating Homes and Big Ideas in Wallaceburg
In 2019 a new company made its home in Wallaceburg, Ontario. The news around Twin Dolphin/Strong House Canada was that it intended to build floating homes, which garnered the moniker “the houseboat people” for the founders, Alex Topol and his son Mischa. Sally Joyce...
Sunny, Breezy and Queasy: Shipwreck Hunting on Lake Michigan
I’ve watched countless shows on TV where daring and rugged individuals hunt for lost shipwrecks. The really good shows always seemed to combine a love for history, adventure, and mysteries that got my attention. “Wouldn’t it be cool,” I’ve thought, “to find a lost...
Being a Foodie Brings Adventure, Fun, and Maybe the Gonads of a Sea Urchin
What makes a Foodie?Do you remember your last really fantastic, exceptional, and amazing meal? Marge and Dean do, but that's what you would expect from a couple of self-proclaimed foodies. Vacations and trips, for them, often involve seeking out new and different...
Great Lakes Shipwrecks: An Underwater Visual Story
Great Lakes Shipwrecks Dusty Klifman was kind enough to supply more photos than we could use in the main article! They were so cool we thought they should be shared. We hope you enjoy them! If you somehow missed it, you can read about him and his love for Great...
In A Covid-19 Ward, All a Patient Sees are Eyeballs
On the Front Lines of the Covid-19 BattleCathi is a nurse who works on a Covid-19 Ward in a smaller Michigan hospital that normally has 300 beds. With the world facing the Covid-19 crisis, she is on the front lines of the battle to save lives, a battle that is lost...
The Death of Catbird Red Over Wallaceburg
An Airplane Crash Brings the Cold War to Wallaceburg, Ontario.As a new decade dawned in the 1950s, the immediate aftermath of World War II had led to new conflicts between recent allies. The United States and the Soviet Union, the world’s two remaining superpowers,...
Last Stop: An Abandoned Places Visual Story
Abandoned Places My obsession with the abandoned began over a decade ago with a visit to the former Traverse City State Hospital—also known as the Northern Michigan Asylum. (I have captured countless images over my many visits there, some of which I will eventually...