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Timeless Shores By Aim\u00e9e Cree Dunn Borderlands exist where water meets the worlds of earth and sky. In these interstitial spaces, time itself feels permeable between what was, is and could be. Over two hundred years ago on a sandy Lake Superior beach not far from AuTrain, this merging of eras occurred in a literal sense. That evening, the remains of a late summer storm still stirred the surface of the lake. The weather had waylaid the Cass Expedition, a group of American explorers assessing the mineral and forest \u201cresources\u201d of Anishinaabe territory. To pass the time, an Anishinaabe man […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
Honoring our Forebears By Mohey Mowafy Published in 1986, Mark Reisner\u2019s Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water brought to public attention a growing scientific concern regarding increasing water scarcity in the western US. For instance, we had been systemically emptying the precious waters of the Colorado River onto golf courses in the Arizona desert. Candidly, my concern at that time is now dwarfed by more recent, and more disastrous, water dilemmas now facing us. No longer need we worry merely about the quantity of our water; now, we must worry about the quality of our water as well. […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
Protecting the Blue Planet By Jon Magnuson In mid-September, Mother Earth will, once again, tilt in orbit around the sun, spinning in exquisite balance. We call this the Equinox. This time around, most of us will also be seeking to find a deeper kind of balance. We\u2019re stumbling out of a terrifying global experience shaped over these past 19 months by COVID-19. How will we choose to live with each other and our environments now? What will water have to do with it? Most of us take it for granted, but keeping hydrated\u2014that is, drinking enough water\u2014is absolutely key to […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
HOPE IN A TIME OF UNREST Saturday, September 19th, 8:45 A.M. – 1 P.M. Tree planting with the Interfaith Northern Great Lakes Water Stewards. Meet at Messiah Lutheran Church parking lot, 305 W Magnetic St. in Marquette. We’ll head north to Big Bay (rain or shine) to meet briefly at the Community Presbyterian Church, then off to the Yellow Dog Community Forest to plant 250 small Northern white cedar trees. We’ll social distance. Please bring face masks to use when in group proximity. (Donations welcome but not required: $5 per tree). For more information call 906-228-5494.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
Loi Krathong as seen in the Marquette Monthly April, 2020By Kalil Zender The river before me is wide, slow, and patient. Thick green foliage crowds the banks and shallows, making a watery jungle for carp and snake fish and perhaps even a few giant water lizards. Sticks, plastic bottles, and leaves float on the surface in an almost imperceptible current, seeming to stand still on this glassy murk. No ripples here, no waves. This river has seen the rise and fall of kingdoms. It has been the watering grounds for wild tigers and elephants, and it is the life behind […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
The Gift of Water as seen in the Marquette Monthly March, 2020By Christine Saari I learned early to conserve water. At the Austrian mountain farm where I grew up during WWII, we had a cold water faucet in the downstairs kitchen but no running water upstairs, where my mother and I lived. I carried heavy buckets of water up steep wooden stairs. For the toilet, we used grey water from washing dishes. We had water pitchers and washbasins for a nightly sponge bath. To heat up water for a full bath was a major production. My mother and I shared […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
The Gift of Water Lake Superior Protecting and Sustaining a Sacred Resource Friday, 7:00 PMMarch 13, 2020 With guest presenter:Nancy Langston, PhDDistinguished Professor of Environmental HistoryMichigan Technological University And music by:Michael WaiteMusician & Composer 305 W. Magnetic St., Marquette, MiMessiah Lutheran Church Presented by: Water Stewards<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
The Gift of Water Water is Life Energy Extraction, Climate Change, and Common Loon Restoration Friday, March 13th1:00 to 2:30 pmJamrich Hall 1320 With Nancy Langston, PhDDistinguished Professor of Environmental Historyat Michigan Technological University Nancy Langston is the author of 4 books, 52 peer-reviewed articles, and dozens of popular essays. She is currently the Fulbright Research Chair in Interdisciplinary Sustainability Solutions at Lakehead University in Canada. Her upcoming book, Climate Ghosts, studies migratory species in the upper Great Lakes region. Sponsored by: The NMU Chapter of the Interfaith Water Stewards is open to all interested students and includes representatives of […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
The Gift of Living Water as seen in the Marquette Monthly February, 2020By Aaron Scholnik Water in many developed areas of our world is taken for granted. It has always been available from the tap, the store, the well, or even the irrigation ditch, and even in arid or desert climes. In our area of the Upper Midwest, the source of this water is so obvious that it sometime seems to hide in plain sight. Water is the basis of life as we know it on our planet. Water is in the air, clouds, soil, and in other usually unrecognized […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
Superior Blessings as seen in the Marquette Monthly January, 2020By Deb Pascoe There are a lot of rocks in my house. If you come over for a visit, you’ll see them. Rocks in baskets, rocks along the kitchen windowsill, clusters of rocks on the living room tables. Some are black and silky smooth; some are dappled gray and blue; most of them sparkle in the light. The majority of them were collected from the shores of Lake Superior. I brought home the lion’s share of them. Others are gifts, mostly from my three children when they were younger; some, more […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
Uplifted as seen in the Marquette Monthly December, 2019By Claudia Drosen \u201cPerhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.\u201d\u2014Wallace Stevens It seems like eons ago that I attended elementary school at P.S. 222 in Brooklyn, New York. However, the memory of a class clown named Jeffrey S., who signed my 6th grade autograph book upon our graduation a handful of decades ago with his version of a poetic aphorism, has stayed with me as if he had written it last Tuesday. \u201cHey, Claudia\u201d the entry began. \u201cRoses are red, violets are blue, I like peanut butter, can you […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>