Category: Clair

Recently, I took a trip “up north.” In Michigan, this usually refers to upper parts of the Lower Peninsula (the fingers) or even to the... Read more

The remaining two corners of Brighton’s Main Street/ Grand River Intersection are harder to track the history of. On the South-east corner, across Main Street... Read more

Across Grand River from the Eastern House Hotel once stood a grocery store. Some time later, the building was torn down and a new store... Read more

Main Street in Brighton intersects Grand River and forms a well-known and ever-changing intersection. This set of posts will look at the every changing buildings.... Read more

Once upon a time, much of South East Lower Michigan was trees. Shortly after that, it was farm fields and small towns. This image shoes... Read more

The Brighton Mall is nestled in the corner of Grand River and I-96. Built in the 1970s, it was, once upon a time, a “real”... Read more

The alleys in movies look nothing like the alleys that we have around here. In fact, the alleys in Livingston County, what few we have,... Read more

The Soviets came to my little town. In fact, they were just around the corner. More or less. Near Mt. Brighton (which I can see... Read more

The little country mouse left her country home and ventured into the city this weekend. I went to see Barrie Summy at Aunt Agatha’s bookstore... Read more