Category Archives: People

Vol XVIII – #6 – More Like February 4th… 8 inches !

    8 new inches of overnight snow with more on it’s way tomorrow. The “Cheese Shanty” opened for business today.  

Vol XVIII – #5 – Weather Alert… 4 to 8 inches more, maybe

Our weather forecast last night…  8 to 18 inches tomorrow! So far at 3:30 pm… maybe an inch.  

Vol XVIII – #3 – Easter Sun/Snow Day!

“April is the cruelest month…” T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land Twelve days past Vernal Equinox 2018 and the sun is rising a little more north of due east. The Northern Hemisphere was insolated just a little more than it was yesterday, although standing out on a frozen lake at sunrise today you would want to be a little more insulated. The sun… Read more »

Vol XVIII – #2 – Into the Past

Report today by Jim.  Erhardt Peters walked out onto a snowy Lake Leelanau around 100 years ago (roughly) and took a photo of Maronook, the stately summer residence of Walter Truman Best aka “Maro the Magician” and his wife Allie May Kaiser. Maro died in 1908 at age 39, so at the time this photo was taken, it was probably… Read more »

Vol XVII – #285 – 55 Degrees and Melting

It’s amazing how much snow has melted since yesterday, unfortunately the temperature is falling and snow will return.  It is raining at the moment.   .