Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Americana
Every small town is unique. Where the suburbs seem to have a chain store on every corner, and big cities live in their own little worlds, no two small towns are going to be exactly the same. They may have grown larger then smaller. They may be typical farm towns or company towns, college towns […]
Sankta Lucia, or Saint Lucy’s Day, is one of Sweden’s most beloved midwinter traditions, blending Christian sainthood with older Nordic light-in-the-darkness customs. It is celebrated on December 13 and marks a kind of ceremonial opening of the Christmas season in Sweden and other parts of Scandinavia. On the old Julian calendar, Lucia fell on what […]
By Bob Shepard County Fair Memories in Rural Michigan I remember the Shiawassee County Free Fair as a great gathering of rural folks with many youth bringing the culmination of their 4-H projects to be judged, whether they were of blue, red, or white ribbon caliber or even grand champion worthy. The county fair had […]
