As we Baby Boomers approach retirement, or are already retired, we meet our “senior years” in various stages of health and mobility. Health, mobility, joints — are all contributing factors in our decisions regarding activities, hobbies, and to a high degree, quality of life. Many of us ...

“I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.” – Bob Dylan Somewhere I hope there still exists a summer day I knew one time that since has blown away. Drifting on a thunderstorm, I watched it disappear over a purple-blue horizon into another yesterday. It appeared when I ...

“Little darlin,’ it’s been a long, cold, lonely winter.” – George Harrison When I opened the door and popped the top on the day, the skies were just offering up the very first rays of sunshine. They stretched shadows long across the landscape while a mirrorlike silence enveloped ...

By: Lauren Hemmeke, Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences undergraduate in the College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (CFRES), MTU (lkhemmek@mtu.edu); Emily Klawiter, Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area (KISMA), Assistant Coordinator (eklawite@mtu.edu); Dr. Sigrid ...

For we Baby Boomers, fishing is a good thing to do, or to put it another way: “It’s good for you.” According to an article in Health Direct, older people are prone to depression, the principle reasons being poor physical health, social isolation, and we lose, and have lost loved ones. The ...

The off-road vehicle riding season is here. For a majority of the riders, they have either taken their ATV or SXS to get serviced or did the work themselves. Some have ventured out for an early season ride, while others are waiting for warmer weather. For a few ORV enthusiasts, they have ...