Michele

Once again it’s time for Wisconsin’s favorite disc golf tournament: The Northwoods Open. Activities get underway today, Friday, when over 150 competitors enter the hallowed grounds of “Disc Golf Heaven.” All players must register by TONIGHT or have an agent check-in for him or her. Check the Northwoods Open Web Page for additional scheduling of […]

It couldn’t have been more peaceful when I opted to grab my laptop and camera and head down to the lake for the rare quiet time afforded a resort owner. The sun had set in the west leaving butterscotch yellow and pink grapefruit afterglows around the puffy clouds, and the calm water of Squaw Lake

Our neck of the woods has a fascinating gangster history, brought to the spotlight last spring when Johnny Depp was in town filming the story of the 1934 shootout at Little Bohemia in Manitowish Waters where John Dillinger and his gang were targeted by the FBI. I had dinner at Little Bohemia last night with

Time for some UPLIFTING news . . .Each summer when we face a new season at Sandy Point, our little family gathers as a team. We put our hands together and declare that what’s ahead of us will be “the BEST summer ever!”I’m afraid this summer didn’t qualify. It hasn’t even come close to being

. . . Get your photo taken next to the giant loon in Mercer, Wisconsin. Yes, it is I who stands in front of the World’s Third Largest loon known as “Claire d’Loon.” Made of fiberglass, she weighs a whopping 2,000 pounds and stands 16 feet tall. When she arrived in Mercer in 1981, Claire

Each day someone asks: “What kind of flowers are those?” The simple answer is: “False Sunflowers.” Here’s the more complicated answer: Heliopsis helianthoides, False Sunflower or Oxeye Sunflower, is a hearty perennial with several two-to-three-inch golden flowers. It’s a member of the daisy family. Native False Sunflower plants grow up to six feet tall in

Last summer, the parents of the adorable children pictured here asked if Willow and Camille would be willing to baby-sit for them so they could have a nice dinner out. We agreed to let this happen and acted as backup if necessary, as we would for any of our neighbors. It worked out so well,

One of our regular disc golfers, a neighbor from Bill’s Lake by the name of Kurt Lange, who is pictured with the girls, often motors down Sandy Point Lane on his Ural Patrol, an olive green Russian motorcycle, complete with a sidecar, a machine gun (yes, a machine gun) and several bullet holes. According to

The man who sold us Sandy Point Resort in 1992 told us all the birch trees would be gone in ten years. Looking around at what seemed like and probably were a thousand beautiful paper white birches on the property, we found that hard to believe. Well, more than 16 years have passed, and the