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Leslie Askwith
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A Winter Snowshoe in the U.P.
My daughter and I snowshoed with friends this week. The temperature’s been hovering just above zero in the eastern Upper Peninsula so we bundled up to head out across 110 acres of open field and woods behind their house in Dafter. The snow was perfect for big-footed creatures. Tracks remained where showshoe hares bounded across the snow, kept from sinking by their wide feet and the hard frozen layer created by a recent thaw. We shuffled through the same top fluffy layer, only slightly breaking… Continue
Posted on December 22nd, 2008 at 1:14pm — 3 Comments
Confessions Of A Local Foods Foodie
Twelve clean white eggs appeared in my refrigerator. Each was such an exact replica of the next that they looked machine-made. “Where did these come from?” I said, accusingly. "You know I get eggs every Friday from Dale." “We ran out,” said my husband, “so I got some at the grocery.” I stiffened, irritated. I've become a local foods foodie, as judgemental about buying non-local foods as anyone who's recently been converted to a new way of doing things. Dale Kriesche is our egg supplier. His hen… Continue
Posted on December 15th, 2008 at 9:12am — 1 Comment
THE WELL THAT NEARLY SWALLOWED A HOUSE
It was so cold this past Friday that my friend, Dale’s, flowing well froze. He lives south of Rudyard and said his thermometer read minus 14 degrees that morning. The air had a frigid bite and snow squeaked as it does when it’s very cold. Flowing wells are great for people with livestock or who need ponds. They flow steadily, year around, a constant supply of fresh water from deep aquifers. Dale has a hundred chickens so needs the water for them. But they’re not without potential problems. I re… Continue
Posted on December 8th, 2008 at 12:41pm — 1 Comment
WIND TURBINES … AN UNEARTHLY STATEMENT OF HOPE
I visited the Prince (Ontario) Wind Farm this week-end to get a close look at the wind turbines that we can see from the Michigan side of the St. Mary’s River. They jut above the trees, massive gray columns topped by slowly revolving propellers, each lit up at night by a red blinking light. They should be an eyesore, particularly for those of us who prefer nature to be left alone. I’d probably have opposed their construction if given the opportunity. The Canadian horizon of gently undulating hi… Continue
Posted on December 1st, 2008 at 9:21am — 18 Comments
VIRGIN WOOL BLANKETS FROM SHEEP RAISED IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY
Our family has agreed to exchange gifts this year that are made within 100 miles of our homes. Local agriculture is something that I passionately support – so when I discovered blankets made from the wool of sheep raised in Chippewa County, I figured I’d found the perfect gift. Lake Superior Woolen Company in Rudyard in Chippewa County offers blankets or mattress pads made from the fleece of locally raised lambs like the ones in the photos that I posted. Eric Wallis (being nuzzled by a newborn… Continue
Posted on November 24th, 2008 at 10:12am — 6 Comments
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The proposed Michigan FairTax would REPLACE the income tax and current sales tax, with a consumption tax (sales tax at point of retail sale). Under this plan, no more state tax will be withheld from Michigan wage-earners' paychecks. What's more, every Michigan resident-family will receive a monthly "prebate" check, in amount based on family size. This will ensure that NO Michigan family will EVEN BEGIN paying the MI FairTax on goods / services unless, or until, they exceed poverty-level spending.
Under the MI FairTax plan, points of collection are substantially reduced to just retailers, many of whom are already collecting sales tax. Because service providers must account for income tax withholding and compliance costs, their prices carry a hidden tax which a FairTax will make visible. (Business-to-business purchases would not carry the tax, as this would, again, hide the cost of taxation in prices.)
Because of the "prebate" (advance rebate calculated as .0975 x $ [poverty level spending per family size]) to ALL Michigan-resident households, the MI FairTax rate would effectively be 0% on all monthly family spending to the poverty level; thereafter it's 9.75%. A reasonably inferred average effective rate would be ~5.5% (see p.2 of pdf brochure, also review an economic analysis [pdf] on MI FairTax effects prepared by the Hillsdale Policy Group).
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Thanks for the transportation info. My first reading of it was rushed. I'm just about to settle into it again. I have the feeling I'll be forwarding this one!
Janelle