By Maggie ConklinBeebalmI kept driving by a field of spotted beebalm, aka horsemint, bergamot or the Latin binomial name Monarda punctata, and telling myself I’d go harvest it tomorrow.This had gone on for a couple weeks, OK, more than a month till I finally parked my Mini and picked an armful in five minutes. Why Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorhungry iGeometry, content, composition … click. Do a photo’s still subject objects move me after I process them, let the content cool, then return for reassessment and maybe revision. Still?The hungry i (1950-1970) was a San Francisco comedy, music and sometimes strip-bar nightclub where Mort Sahl, Bill Cosby, Lenny Bruce, Joan Rivers, Woody Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorThe four candidates who have filed to run for three open two-years seats on Saugatuck City Council in the Nov. 7 election have been invited to a Holland Area League of Women Voters forum Tuesday, Oct. 3, in the Saugatuck High School auditorium, 401 Elizabeth St. from 6:30 to 8 p.m.Incumbents Garnet Lewis Read More…
I received a phone call from a distraught reader and mother a few days ago, that really hit home. She called me because of the strong positions I have taken in past columns about Big Pharma, opioids and doctors that might administer them.I asked her to write me a letter explaining her situation. Here it Read More…
In 1951, the renown Protestant theologian, Richard Niebuhr published his important book Christ in Culture. In it, he outlines the different ways Christ, and his church is in relationship with the secular world. Seventy-two years later the book remains in print, and I have read it several times over the years to better understand the relationship between an Read More…
Douglas United Church of Christ will sponsor a community beach cleanup in conjunction with the Alliance for the Great Lakes Saturday, Sept. 16, from 9 a.m. until 12:30 or so p.m. Residents, visitors, family, friends are welcome to join in. A check-in table will be in the parking lot at the entrance to Saugatuck’s Oval Beach. Participants Read More…
BY JIM HAYDEN CORRESPONDENT The Laketown Township board appointed Coast Guard veteran Patrick Dietrich to the open trustee seat at a special meeting Aug. 30. “He’s got that strong military and leadership experience,” said treasurer Jim Johnson. “He has a really good pulse on Laketown,” added clerk Amber Davis. “He brings a lot to the Read More…
Saugatuck Public Schools’ 28th annual Art à Loan program featuring student works will return to the Saugatuck Center for the Arts opening with a reception Wednesday, Sept. 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Gallery doors will open at 6:45 with leasing beginning promptly thereafter. Art à Loan pieces are selected by area art professionals and Read More…
By Maggie ConklinGumboMy dear father grows a vegetable garden every year, and some of my earliest memories are of him roto-tilling the field in the spring.Every year is a bit different, but always includes little redskin potatoes, golden potatoes and string beans. There’s a raspberry patch and blueberry row, with wild strawberries strewn between the Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorFinal JeopardyNostalgia makes no sense. Why relive something? Once was not enough?Nor does headline hubbub about Covid’s comeback. Of course a virus will mutate, as flu does. New ones take time to study, develop vaccines for and test their safety.Impatient? Drink Clorox, gulp hydroxychloroquine or heed politicians: they know more than medical professionals. Read More…