Mac’s Musings

MacAloha…from the nature nut…no I’m not thinking of Hawaii…though I’ve been there and it’s plenty nice. No, I’m thinking snow…the deeper the better. What do you think snow was created for anyway? All you cross country skiers and heavy winter contemplators put down your hands. Some folks have their favorite websites, sports teams, novels or […]

Macs Musings

Hi The Nature Nut is back. You probably didn’t even miss me. No, I wasn’t in Florida. I fell into the environmental blues. You know, the kind of depression that grips you when you feel powerless, like when your factory closes and moves to Mexico. You read stuff like people spend 90 percent of their […]

Mac’s Musings

The nature nut has come out of hibernation. I can’t take all the credit for digging myself out. I owe this one to the younger generation. A friend’s son in college led me down a new path. Thanks to his insights he helped rekindle my fascination of nature. Terry Ladd told me about the exploits […]

Mac’s Musings

Nature and Development Its been an interesting and unexpected year for the nature nut. Little did I know that those tree and bird books my mother gave me for Christmas, Easter and birthdays would take me down the road to nature advocating and activism. I assumed everyone loved nature just like me and that thing […]

Nature Nut

Ever think about going against the grain and doing things differently? What will the next homeowner think of me? We have weeds in our grass; broadleaf, crabgrass and 57 others. We live in a wooded enclave part of what is left of that big forest 35 miles north of Detroit…the Indians called it Bald Mountain. […]