by kimqi | Jul 11, 2021 | Manistee, Michigan
I have never been a fireworks enthusiast. In the 80s, I lived in Cambridge near the Charles River, the perfect place to watch the annual Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. People swarmed from all over to sit along the river. Public transportation choked. Traffic...
by kimqi | Jun 19, 2021 | Manistee, Michigan, YinYang, Seasons
Happy Solstice Eve! Tomorrow is the longest day of the year. My favorite way to celebrate the Summer Solstice–besides a music festival–is to watch both the sunrise (5:20 am) and the sunset (8:32 pm). There will be over 15 hours of daylight! Watching the...
by kimqi | Dec 30, 2019 | Michigan, North Country Trail, Winter Hiking, YinYang, Seasons
Yesterday I was hiking in Northern Michigan. Without the magic of a blanket of snow, the forest seemed dead. Dead. Bleak. And beat up. Visiting the forest was like showing up unannounced at a friend’s house on Sunday morning after the friend had been on a weekend...
by kimqi | Aug 4, 2019 | Kayaking, Manistee, Michigan
Yesterday I rented a kayak. I love to take pictures while hiking and thought kayaking photography would be like hiking photography, only on water. It was not. Usually, I walk around the subject to find a good angle. That’s tricky in a kayak. And by “tricky,” I mean...
