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December 13, 2025
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Pilgrimage to Poland – Day 5 – Old-Town Torun
Travel
We begin our 5th day in Torun. Old-Town Torun is another UNESCO World Heritage site. But, more on that in an other post. As with some previous posts, some of the places shown were identified using Gemini and translations were…
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November 18, 2025
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Pilgrimage to Poland – Day 3 – Malbork Castle – Part 2
Travel
In my previous post we toured the exterior of this wonderful castle. In this post, we move inside. To help navigate the interior, I found a website that has an interactive map that might be helpful. It doesn’t contain locations…
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June 10, 2024
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See Historic Fishtown at Leland, MI
Northwest Michigan
Leland, MI, is located on the west shore of the Leelanau Peninsula in northwest Michigan. Sandwiched between Main St. and Lake Michigan along the Leland River, a distance of less than 200 yards, is historic Fishtown. See a history of…
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October 18, 2015
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Interlochen Center for the Arts in Local News
Orchestra Camp Colony
MLive, a Michigan local news web site, had an article entitled “Vintage photos show Michigan summer camp life in 1942” posted this morning. It is about the Interlochen Center for the Arts. It has a collection of 40 photos that…
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July 9, 2015
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Northwood on the Lake
Orchestra Camp Colony
Don Thompson, a neighbor of us in OCC, has been working with our own Albert Jordon to document the history of Northwood on the Lake, the place Albert calls home. Don is putting together a wonderful web site with photos and…
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