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Renewing of the Mind
Stacie Longwell Sadowski We spent the evening out on the water tonight. This is our third trip around the area with our new boats – actually loaner boats while we wait for the new ones to come in. There is something transforming about spending time in silence gliding over the water’s surface, meeting and surprising…
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Stacie Longwell Sadowski There is one beach, among all the Lake Michigan beaches I know, that holds special spiritual sway with me. So much that I have not visited there in nearly twenty years, for fear that it has changed. It is the property that was once the church camp I went to as a kid, Pilgrim…
Hiking Through the Port Oneida Historical District
Stacie Longwell Sadowski Act 1. Bayview Trail Overlook The wilderness is within walking distance… …and beyond that the calm of the lake, where the Spirit of the Lord is hovering over the face of the waters, as in Genesis 1, then more wilderness – in the form of an island. Aren’t all wildernesses islands? Ever…
Beach Rocks
Stacie Longwell Sadowski, September 1, 2012 I have a rock collection. It is made up of the smooth beach rocks I have picked up over the years on the shores of Lake Michigan. Every time I am there praying, I walk and pick up a rock as a reminder of that prayer and of my…
Fourteen nights in a Hammock on North Manitou Island, 2011-05-20 to 2011-06-03
Vince Sadowski Go grab a sandwich, this will take a while, and this is the condensed version! 2011-05-13, Friday, A false start I still haven’t had any sleep, been up all night packing, hit the road around 4 AM. Get within 30 miles of ferry, and they call and cancelled the trip. D’Oh! Continue to…
Another Two Weeks in a Hammock on North Manitou Island, May 16-30, 2014
Vince Sadowski Before the trip: I was originally scheduled to return to Manitou Island on May 9, but the winter has been so long and cold that the harbor at Leland was still frozen, so my trip was rescheduled for May 16. My primary objective of this trip will be to find the elusive Angell…