Floating Michigan Rivers
By Julie Kate O’Brien, a Great Lakes Energy Cooperative member
The rivers of Michigan have danced through my soul since an early age. Bank fishing,...
There’s Magic In A Frog Pond
By Steve Begnoche, Great Lakes Energy member
Two ponds near our Upper Peninsula cottage along the shore of Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay are mere puddles compared...
Farmyard Memories: The Chickens That Followed My Father
By Stanley Hagemeyer, a Great Lakes Energy cooperative member
When I was growing up, our family lived on a farm with four cows, about 20...
Reflections On Our Pond
By Kathy Fila, a Great Lakes Energy Cooperative member
Our 24-year-old son came over today with youthful enthusiasm and energy, claiming he would get the pond...
Rural Michigan Pickleball
By Christopher Mulder, Great Lakes Energy Cooperative Member
My mom was a trendsetter when she picked up and started to share her newfound pickleball game...
Oliver And My Father
By Karen Reilly, Midwest Energy & Communications member
Karen is a co-op member who is a nature-lover at heart and enjoys bird-watching, exploring woodlands, gardening...
First Time Bow Hunting with Dad
Every fall, I have the same warm and wonderful memory of my first year of bow hunting with my dad. My dad put me...
62 Years Of Michigan Marriage
By Linda McCoy, Cherryland Electric Cooperative member
Linda has lived in Northeast Indiana for all of her 79 years. She is a retired beautician and...
The Generational Dresses
By Sharon Libich, a Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op member
In 1978, I found my wedding dress in the pages of bridal magazines—a far...
A North Woods Matriarch
By Janet Horricks, a HomeWorks Tri-County Cooperative member
My great-grandmother and great-grandfather, Leatha and Charles Malinowski, lived in Sigma, Michigan, a small abandoned logging town...
















