Category Archives: Hundred Highways

Hundred Highways Tour #67 – #76: H-58, M-28, M-94, US-2, US-23, M-13, M-247, M-84, M-81 & M-46 to Theodore Roethke House

Posted on September 20, 2017 by marcbeaudin

After a few days on the stormy shores of Lake Superior, we dropped down to one of my favorite bodies of water in the world: the northern reaches of Lake Michigan. In Vagabond Song, I describe it as, “crystalline, memory-cleansing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Hundred Highways, Writing | Tagged Lake Michigan, Saginaw, Theodore Roethke | 3 Comments

Hundred Highways Tour #65, 66: US-23 & I-75 to Bayliss Library

Posted on September 7, 2017 by marcbeaudin

Being from the lower peninsula of Michigan, the U.P. feels like having a mystical, ghost-like sibling. Yes, we’re related, but something magical and unknown is going on up there. We trolls can visit, we can make jokes about Yoopers, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Hundred Highways, readings, Writing | Tagged Cormorant, libraries, michigan, Poetry, revision, Sault Ste. Marie, travel, Upper Peninsula | 1 Comment

Hundred Highways Tour #59 – 64: I-75, M-33, M-72, M-32, M-68 & M-27 to Purple Tree Books

Posted on September 5, 2017 by marcbeaudin

We flew into Bay City, Michigan—my hometown, though barely recognizably so. All the empty shells of downtown buildings have been given new life with condos and boutiques and gourmet this-and-that’s. The long abandoned shipworks—gigantic, hulking structures with thousands of broken … Continue reading →