As noted in the previous post, I returned home this evening after a few days in Michigan. I was dropping my eight year-old daughter off at Latvian camp. My wife, as I've noted on Marathon Pundit a few times, is a native of Latvia.
The camp is run by Garezers (site is in Latvian). Latvian refugees who fled Stalin's tyranny founded the camp in 1965. I'll blog more about Latvia and Garezers next week, I'm going back to Garezers Friday, and I want do more research before I write my definitive article.
On the way back to my home in suburban Chicago, I drove through two very picturesque towns. The picture (taken by me this afternoon) on the top is from the downtown of Constantine, MI, a quaint town of 2,000 located in far southern Michigan. It's just six miles north of the Middlebury exit of the Indiana Toll Road. One of my goals in blogging, as with most bloggers, is get the "little stories" some air to breathe. Or to find little bits of history, which in the case of the millions who've travel the Indiana Toll Road, is less than ten minutes off Interstate 80/90.
Constantine's downtown commercial district is on the National Register of Historic Places. US Route 131 (Washington Street) takes you through the heart of Constantine and that district. There are also many stately Victorian homes along Washington Street.
I also took the second photo this afternoon, the cannon is in a park, also right off the same street.
Here's my point: Stories to write about are everywhere, and it doesn't take much of an effort to find things to blog about while on the road. Just drive a little bit away from an interstate highway...
Tomorrow, Three Rivers, Michigan.
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