Tag Archives: Lake Michigan

Link to New Blog, Same Writer

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Joe Neely

I have started a new blog – http://www.theoccasionalpoem.com, also on WordPress – in order to share my poetry. Many of these poems have roots in The Great Isolation of COVID, when I set out to collect poems written 20 years … Continue reading →

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Closing in on Our Goal: Halleluiah!

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Joe Neely

Joe Writes . . .  After starting in southern Jackson County during the summer of 2016 and paddling, in fits and starts, all the way to downtown Grand Rapids it is finally reasonable to contemplate the end of our journey. … Continue reading →

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The Speech I Meant to Give

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Joe Neely

November 3, 2018 Joe Writes . . .  Last night there was a great event – Ignite Ann Arbor 11 – at the downtown branch of the Ann Arbor District Library. My speech didn’t go as planned but I am … Continue reading →

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The Good, the Bad and the Uncertain on the Grand

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Joe Neely

Joe Writes . . .  Forgive us both for not writing of late. There has been a lot going on in our lives, and with winter approaching I am turning my attention to renovating a house near Dexter. Once finished … Continue reading →

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Perch Fishing and Foghorns

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Joe Neely

We’re going out on the river tomorrow: ending up in Ionia. I just asked a guy at an AA meeting if he knew where that was. “Yeah,” he said. “I was in prison there.” I expect we’ll be eating lunch … Continue reading →

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Dimondale to Grand River Park in Lansing

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Joe Neely

Sept 1, 2017 from Chicago by Carl Sandburg (1878 – 1967) Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders: Joe Writes . … Continue reading →

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The Grand River, Jackson County

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Joe Neely

The Grand in Jackson County (a prose poem in progress) Continue reading →

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Kicking Off 2017 at the Source of the Grand River

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Joe Neely

Joe Writes: April 15 was unusually warm with fierce winds; steady winds were probably 25 miles-per-hour with gusts up to 35 or 40 miles-per-hour. The result was that our canoeing across the open waters of Grand Lake were curtailed for … Continue reading →

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Paddling Season is Upon Us

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Joe Neely

Joe Writes: God willing and the creek don’t rise we’ll get out on the river in Jackson County this Sunday, April 9, kicking off our paddling season for 2017. It will be Palm Sunday, and while I hate to miss … Continue reading →

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Write For Our Blog . . . Please

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Joe Neely

we invite anyone with a connection to the river to contribute an entry to our blog Continue reading →

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