There they go, getting older: The annual Big Chair Picture
This week, I compiled our annual "chair" pictures from Silver Lake. Every year, we go to Wally's crazy family reunion (that they don't call a reunion) in Silver Lake, Michigan. We hang on hard to family traditions there (or at least I do—even though I've only been going for less than a decade, I feel we have to mind our traditions, pushing the rest of the people who have been going for 50 plus…
Silver Lake: A Loony Tradition
We just returned from our annual getaway to Silver Lake, Michigan, a tradition set up by the "Loonies," Wally IV's mom's side of our family. I don't know the roots of the name Loony, but anyone who spends time with them can take a guess—after all, what family spends an entire week together every year for generations and does not call it a family reunion? Once a year, the first week of August,…
The best Silver Lake yet! By Wally Ben
My mom and dad said Silver Lake is an important trip, and that I have been there 2 times already and this would be my third, although the first time I was in my mom's belly and I couldn't see very well, but I do remember a long long long long walk across the dunes to Lake Michigan that was really long. So I was excited to go again, and let me tell you, I was not disappointed! I don't know what…
Why everyone must visit the Grand Canyon
If God were a soul, and he decided to place himself in one place, I could see him choosing the Grand Canyon. It is big and wide and deep beyond comprehension. Every glimpse, from every location, is overwhelming. But it doesn't seem empty and cold like you might imagine a gigantic hole in rocks would be. Its vastness is warm and full. The same lookout point can take on a different, new beauty…