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Great Lakes 101
Over the past two years of my soft fascination with the Great Lakes, there are many facts and statistics I have either learned or revisited. But one fact stands out: The Great Lakes and their connecting waterways make up the largest surface freshwater system on earth. Why this matters: The…
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Retreating
Where do you retreat from this complex world? How do you “draw back” (the Latin root meaning of the word) to find quiet, distance, perspective and connect with your inner world? It was a solo retreat in the pandemic winter of 2020-21 that launched my personal relationship with the Great…
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A Great Lakes Life
I’m Ellie and I’m an East Coast girl living a Great Lakes life. I grew up in the Washington, D.C. area, hundreds of miles from the Great Lakes. I spent my early adulthood in Boston and then New York City for a decade. In that decade I met and married…
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