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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 55m

The State of Michigan is home to 12 federally recognized Indian tribes each with unique historical, cultural and political structures.

C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 2h

On Oct. 14th, 1960, presidential candidate John F. Kennedy delivered an unscripted campaign speech that helped change the course of American public service. At 2 a.m., Kennedy stopped outside the Michigan Union in Ann Arbor, where nearly 10,000 students were waiting
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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 2h

Dredging crews will return to the Grand Traverse Harbor in Houghton County next summer as efforts continue to save Buffalo Reef from being covered by stamp sand mining waste. Roughly over the past 100 years copper mine waste was left along Lake Superior. Photo-Mlive
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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 4h

At dawn on the state park beach in Holland, Michigan it's foggy, windy and wavy. The air is 60°F, 16°C and the water is 57°F, 14°C. Today will start with patchy fog early and then clearing to sunny. The high temperature will be around 70° with a light north by northeast wind.

C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 4h

You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper.

C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 21h

Muskegon Bourbon Festival is back on Saturday, Nov. 1st at the Muskegon Museum of History & Science. Taste Kentucky’s finest as well as Michigan’s craft makers. There will also be handcrafted cocktails, including the classic Manhattan, Mint Julep or Old Fashioned.
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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 21h

Mark your calendars for November 7th-15th, because Traverse City Beer Week is back! With over 25 microbreweries, the craft brew scene in the TC area is hoppin’. Traverse City Beer Week is a week-long celebration of the grooviest brews in Northwestern Michigan.
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Cheers to Traverse City Beer Week - Hour Detroit Magazine

Respect the craft. Connect with friends and family. Celebrate everything else. Don’t miss TC Beer Week 2025.

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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 22h

Lentils are good, and good for you. Served warm or cold, mixed with or served over quinoa, farro, brown, or wild rice. Lentils are an open palette of many tastes and colors.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

How Healthy Are Lentils?

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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Is it possible to get a cup of coffee-flavored coffee any more?

C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 1d

This morning on the south pier in South Haven, MI it's clear, calm and cool. The air is 55°F, 13°C and the water is 61°F, 16°C. When the fog clears way it's going to be mostly sunny with a high around 70°F, 21°C with a light southern wind.

C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan's Baraga County Historical Society broke the ground on a major expansion project on Wednesday. The museum is going to be about 6,400 square feet of addition on top of the little over 2,000 square feet that they have already.
keweenawreport.com/2025/10/09/1...

Baraga County Historical Society breaks ground on 6,400 square foot addition to the History Museum

Baraga County Historical Society broke the ground on a major expansion project on Wednesday. In the months lea...

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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 1d

"The People of the Heart Waters Walkers, that started in 2019, will begin the seventh walk to honor the resources of water or nibi. Members from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community will walk 90 miles over three days."
keweenawreport.com/2025/10/10/1...

Native Americans begin the final water walk a part of a seven year ceremony to honor water resources

Native Americans will begin the final walk in a seven-year ceremony tomorrow. The People of the Heart Waters W...

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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Grotesque makeup, menacing props and intimidating costumes are just one part of a Michigan haunted house’s 25-year-old formula to terrify guests.

At "Scare School" they start by educating the actors on the tricks of the trade providing for the horrifying experience.
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Michigan haunted house teaches actors to ‘scare the pee out of’ guests

A suburban Detroit haunted house prepares its scare actors for the Halloween season by sending them to school. Scare School, that is.

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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Three Michigan craft beers won gold medals at the 2025 Great American Beer Festival. The Mitten Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Ferndale's Urbanrest Brewing Co., and Bridgman's Lake Time Brewing & Spirits. The most gold medals the Michigan's breweries won in 15 years.
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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Michigan's edible nuts. How to harvest, preserve and eat them

Are you nutty about nuts? Here's how to harvest, and store locally sourced nuts (chestnuts, hickory, walnuts) from the forests of Michigan.
www.sooeveningnews.com/story/news/2...

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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve spent the last two years looking for my ex-lover’s killer… but no one will do it.

C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Canada is like your attic. You forget that it's up there, but when you go, it's like "Oh man, look at all this great stuff!"

C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 2d

This morning on the state park beach in Holland, Michigan it's sunny, calm and cold. The air is 47°F, 8°C and the water is 59°F, 15°C. Today will be sunny, with a high near 68°F, 20°C and a light southeast wind.

C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 2d

On the St. Clair River in Michigan is the ship Success Altair XLII. Built in 1999, it is an oil and chemical tanker.

Length overall (LOA): 489 feet
Beam (width): 75 feet
Gross Tonnage: 12,358 tons
Summer Deadweight Tonnage (DWT): 19,996 tons
Summer Draft: 30.46 feet (9.285 meters)

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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 2d

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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The Oscar award-winning actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' ...

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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a suit stands next to a woman in a red dress

ALT: a man in a suit stands next to a woman in a red dress

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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Rest in Peace Diane Keaton

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Love and Death- Finale

YouTube video by mev186

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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Downtown Detroit will awaken with dances and drum beats to honor Indigenous culture and resilience. For the first time in over 30 years, there will be a powwow downtown.The Powwow will take place in Hart Plaza on Monday, October 13, from noon to 6 p.m.
www.michiganpublic.org/arts-life/20...

Powwow returns to downtown Detroit for first time in 30+ years

For the first time in more than 30 years, downtown Detroit will host a powwow. Drummers, dancers, and vendors will be in Hart Plaza Monday from noon to 6 p.m.

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C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Michigan’s 2026 budget includes funding to help the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy develop a park on a 35-acre stretch of shoreline along Betsie Bay and Lake Michigan once dominated by rail yards, ferry docks and fuel tanks.
www.mlive.com/environment/...

Waterfront revival gains steam with $1.75M boost from Michigan budget

Once an industrial rail and fuel depot, the Betsie Bay waterfront is being reimagined as a mix of parkland, trails, and community space through a conservancy-led restoration effort.

www.mlive.com

C.C. White @clarencecwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Since I retired, I’m about as busy as a pickpocket in a nudist colony.