I was going to devote this Coffee Chat to another subject, but then I got something in the mail that made me change my mind. It has to do with the drastic disruption in our normal lives that is taking place … and specifically with regard to our livelihoods. Everyone who has a job has […]
The Green Hills of Earth
By Coggin Heeringa, Director, Crossroads at Big Creek We’ve eagerly been anticipating green at Crossroads at Big Creek. Already, mosses in the forests, buds in the garden, stems of the shrubs are showing green. And in the night sky, a green object has just passed the orbit of Mars and it’s coming our way. It’s […]
Crossroads Provides Calming “Refuge of Sanity” During Coronavirus Crisis
By Coggin Heeringa, Director, Crossroads at Big Creek For quite a long time, the Door County community has used Crossroads at Big Creek as a “refuge of sanity.” For now, though our buildings and restrooms are closed, we welcome people to get in touch with nature as they exercise or just de-stress. Our trails are open […]
Midsummer’s Music Artistic Director Jim Berkenstock’s presents his second Coffee Chat: Edvard Grieg
Last week, for our first Coffee Chat, I focused on one of the two parts of our big celebration this summer – Beethoven’s 250th birthday. Today, I thought I would go to the other half, which is the 30th anniversary for Midsummer’s Music. In addition to the works we are featuring by Beethoven, we are […]
Laura Sawosko Serenades Us ‘Home’
By Laurel Ciohon In the midst of the chaos that is Covid-19, many of us are looking for a glimpse of positivity anywhere we can find it, whether it’s neighbors helping neighbors with grocery shopping, uplifting photos on social media of how people are spending their time in quarantine, watching a happy movie, or Facetiming […]
A Door County Commercial Fisherman’s Perspective
by Trygvie Jensen According to Gills Rock commercial fisherman Jeff Weborg, “One of the biggest misconceptions of a commercial fisherman is that he’s rich simply because when you get a good lift everyone seems to know about it, and therefore assumes your making a lot of money, but what they don’t realize or hear about […]
A Door County Portfolio
The Peninsula we know today began with a March 1969 National Geographic article. By Larry Majewski When Ted Rozumalski photographed something in the 1960s, it was usually a significant occasion. Rozumalski and his Leica camera were in the motorcade during the JFK assassination, saw Martin Luther King speak, and chronicled the LBJ administration. His historic […]
Midsummer’s Music Presents Jim Berkenstock’s Premiere Coffee Chat
By Jim Berkenstock Like many of you, I find my movements and options limited at the moment, so I thought I would jot down some notes about what we can expect this summer in Door County when the current cloud has hopefully lifted. Perhaps these musings will help propel your thoughts toward positive and inviting […]
Featured Artist Heather Allard: Ancient Technique, Modern Art
Heather Allard is a self taught artist in the meditative art form of paper quilling. Most of her training coming while recovering from an unexpected illness. Encouraged by friends and family, she continues to grow and learn about quilling and pushes herself to new heights of the artistry. She lives in Whitelaw, WI and works among the bees and maple […]
February Notebook
By Norbert Blei THE SAMENESS OF THE MONTH AND THE SEASON…bitter cold, ice and the unyielding snow. December, January, February are one. The calendar holds no promise. The days of the month are blank. Nameless, numberless, neither black nor red. White. Only white. Winter has vanquished the fields, the roads, the water, fastened everything in […]












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