No matter how often I surf the net or physically travel the surface of the earth, I come home to Mt Pleasant to realize this is a great place to live.
I feel safer being "on top of the mountain" in Mt Pleasant MI. The UN continues to publish messages of the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The polar ice cap's seemingly irreplaceable stock of frozen tundra melt more each season. The coastal areas of the planet can expect to see water levels rise as much as four feet. Storm prone areas experience more severe and destructive tempests.
In Mt Pleasant MI i am safer but not fully removed from the probable effects of global warming. We may have less severe changes in weather patterns that impact our daily lives, however we will not escape all the implications of the trapped greenhouse gases. The way each citizen of the planet experiences climate change is a matter of degrees. Michigan, particularly central Michigan will be a better place to live.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Borden Building Mt Pleasant MI
The Borden Building in downtown Mt Pleasant is being renovated. And its a good thing for the area. Reading the local newspaper editorial pages, I know some people are against the project. But based on the honest interest of a sixteen year old boy, the project is going to be a success.
Each day my son and I drive past the Borden Building renovation site we see the progress being made. He sees the strong one hundred year old roof trusses exposed to 2007 eyes and is amazed the resouces of yesterday's century are today becoming the basis of tommorrow's downtown.
We are looking forward to the day the building reopens.
Each day my son and I drive past the Borden Building renovation site we see the progress being made. He sees the strong one hundred year old roof trusses exposed to 2007 eyes and is amazed the resouces of yesterday's century are today becoming the basis of tommorrow's downtown.
We are looking forward to the day the building reopens.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Community Based Web Resource
The excitement is growing and the clicks are increasing.
Mt Pleasant.com has crossed the 40k hits per month mark. Hurray!
As a result we are implementing a welcome campaign, attracting political writers, bloggers, video makers, and podcast creators to join our team.
Here is how to get ahold of us: info@mtpleasant.com or mtpleasant.com@hotmail.com
Also visit myspace/mtpleasantmi
See a unique moment in my half million mile travels at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-854257889949349528
Regards, Mike
Mt Pleasant.com has crossed the 40k hits per month mark. Hurray!
As a result we are implementing a welcome campaign, attracting political writers, bloggers, video makers, and podcast creators to join our team.
Here is how to get ahold of us: info@mtpleasant.com or mtpleasant.com@hotmail.com
Also visit myspace/mtpleasantmi
See a unique moment in my half million mile travels at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-854257889949349528
Regards, Mike
Sunday, July 29, 2007
The Grass is Greener
Here is a secret - The Chartered Township of Union is my real home. Mt Pleasant is my mailing address. Mt Pleasant is the essense of our world here in the near middle of Michigan. Living outside the city limits of Mt Pleasant MI in Union township is wonderful. There is a great sense of freedom. But at the same time, we experience some limitiations. This year residents of Union Township Michigan are under an outside water use ration program.
I was glad to read the notice in early June. What a crazy ritual it is to water the lawn daily so it grows lush and green, then spend hours of time mowing the lawn, gallons of gas powering the mower; pumping pounds of air pollution into the air at the same time. Hold it a minute. I think God wants the grass to be green in the spring and the fall. Its not like the lawn is dead, its dormant. Each summer I have seen the lawn turn yellow and come back green as Ireland in the fall. Its actually a beautiful chain of events.
About thirty percent of the residents in this subdivision don't water their lawns so I am not alone. But in my immediate block, my lawn stands out. But to me its a badge of environmental honor. I want to contact the other non-waterers and have a get together. We could celebrate the earth, the water we are saving the the pollution we are keeping out of the air. We certainly have time to get together. Not like our watering neighbors whom have to spend an hour every couple days mowing the lawn...and one guy has to rake the windrows of grass after he mows. Holy cow.
The grass is greener on the other side of my property line, but I don't care. I celebrate the fact. Join me and reduce your water use. Its one way to make the planet a better place to live.
I have reduced my use of water for lawn care. Here is another secret: I do water my lawn. But not every day. Once a week is about as often as I to it. The main reason water the lawn less frequently is that I want to use less water and protect the planet. Another reason is thatI must drag the sprinkler around. Thank goodness the original owner of this house did not install the underground sprinkler system. I would rather stay away from the tempatation of convenience when it comes to watering the lawn.
What do you think?
I was glad to read the notice in early June. What a crazy ritual it is to water the lawn daily so it grows lush and green, then spend hours of time mowing the lawn, gallons of gas powering the mower; pumping pounds of air pollution into the air at the same time. Hold it a minute. I think God wants the grass to be green in the spring and the fall. Its not like the lawn is dead, its dormant. Each summer I have seen the lawn turn yellow and come back green as Ireland in the fall. Its actually a beautiful chain of events.
About thirty percent of the residents in this subdivision don't water their lawns so I am not alone. But in my immediate block, my lawn stands out. But to me its a badge of environmental honor. I want to contact the other non-waterers and have a get together. We could celebrate the earth, the water we are saving the the pollution we are keeping out of the air. We certainly have time to get together. Not like our watering neighbors whom have to spend an hour every couple days mowing the lawn...and one guy has to rake the windrows of grass after he mows. Holy cow.
The grass is greener on the other side of my property line, but I don't care. I celebrate the fact. Join me and reduce your water use. Its one way to make the planet a better place to live.
I have reduced my use of water for lawn care. Here is another secret: I do water my lawn. But not every day. Once a week is about as often as I to it. The main reason water the lawn less frequently is that I want to use less water and protect the planet. Another reason is thatI must drag the sprinkler around. Thank goodness the original owner of this house did not install the underground sprinkler system. I would rather stay away from the tempatation of convenience when it comes to watering the lawn.
What do you think?
Monday, June 18, 2007
Neighborly Fences
Living near the Mountain…
My house is thirty seven feet from the west side of Mount Pleasant. The back yard fence is on the Union Township/City line. On the surface you would think that circumstance would not be note worthy. And perhaps it is not, but the attitude between some City people and township people are interesting.
Hi my name is Phil and I am a township resident. However I lived in the City limits for eight years before moving to the township.
Of course I had read in the newspaper for years about the tension between the Township and City leaders. It was not until my neighbors’ dogs barked too much that I had a chance to meet the neighbor and experience the “them and us” attitude first hand.
The firs time I met the neighbor to politely express my disapproval of the vocal quality of his dear pets, he was quite taken aback. “I have lived in this house over twenty years. Where your house is used to be a corn field and we did not have any trouble until you people moved in!” You people!
I have only lived in this nine year old house one month. Maybe the previous owners of the house left because of his dogs that were barking, barking, barking when ever both the neighbor’s dogs and the home owner were each in their own back yards.
My explanation that I recently moved into the house did not seem to matter to him. When we did not come to an agreement about the acceptability of the dog that was barking, barking, barking in his back yard, my “friendly” city neighbor said, “You just call your township people and I will contact my City people and have them work something out.” Little did he know I know people on both sides of the fence?
My spouse contacted City hall for me. My first expectation was that the City people would be unable to help, because we live in the Township. Surprise! The City code enforcement person was understanding and contacted our City neighbor about the nuisance, pursuant to the City Code. In a less than a month, a tall privacy fence was built along the fence line. The dogs don’t see us. The dogs don’t bark. I don’t talk to my neighbor anymore.
My house is thirty seven feet from the west side of Mount Pleasant. The back yard fence is on the Union Township/City line. On the surface you would think that circumstance would not be note worthy. And perhaps it is not, but the attitude between some City people and township people are interesting.
Hi my name is Phil and I am a township resident. However I lived in the City limits for eight years before moving to the township.
Of course I had read in the newspaper for years about the tension between the Township and City leaders. It was not until my neighbors’ dogs barked too much that I had a chance to meet the neighbor and experience the “them and us” attitude first hand.
The firs time I met the neighbor to politely express my disapproval of the vocal quality of his dear pets, he was quite taken aback. “I have lived in this house over twenty years. Where your house is used to be a corn field and we did not have any trouble until you people moved in!” You people!
I have only lived in this nine year old house one month. Maybe the previous owners of the house left because of his dogs that were barking, barking, barking when ever both the neighbor’s dogs and the home owner were each in their own back yards.
My explanation that I recently moved into the house did not seem to matter to him. When we did not come to an agreement about the acceptability of the dog that was barking, barking, barking in his back yard, my “friendly” city neighbor said, “You just call your township people and I will contact my City people and have them work something out.” Little did he know I know people on both sides of the fence?
My spouse contacted City hall for me. My first expectation was that the City people would be unable to help, because we live in the Township. Surprise! The City code enforcement person was understanding and contacted our City neighbor about the nuisance, pursuant to the City Code. In a less than a month, a tall privacy fence was built along the fence line. The dogs don’t see us. The dogs don’t bark. I don’t talk to my neighbor anymore.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
March in Like a Lion
My February is fast becoming my March. And my March is going to roar like a lion. One of my bigget projects of 2007, www.mtpleasant.com is going to come alive. I have new partners developing, and new content on the horizon. Visit www.mtpleasant.com often to witness the changes. Please comment at any time.
Regards.
Regards.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
An Odd and Even Day
The days in Mt Pleasant Mi lately have been odd and even days. I say that because when you look odd & even are numbers, numbers aren't based on reality, but based on themselves; concepts & representations of things.
So, odd & even are a step further in representing a representation of a thing...Great things are happening at the Broadway Theatre - the volunteers have repainted the main floor and the side walls of the house. Se some great pics at www.friendsofthebroadway.org.
Back to odd and even numbers - Consider the number 1 - it's a place holder, for a single quantity of "something"...similar with 2, which is a placeholder for two quantities of the same thing. However, the problem is that you can't have two items that are exactly the same, according to the laws of physics, because they're made up of different sets of atoms. Thus the two objects which make up the "pair" of objects, while close, are not exactly the same.
It takes more than one person to make the Broadway work. It takes dozens and dozens of volunteers. Two volunteers are not the same, they may be similar and have similar interests, but certainly, no two Broadway volunteers are the same.
Volunteers are always welcome. Come join us at the Broadway Theatre in Mt. Pleasant.
So, odd & even are a step further in representing a representation of a thing...Great things are happening at the Broadway Theatre - the volunteers have repainted the main floor and the side walls of the house. Se some great pics at www.friendsofthebroadway.org.
Back to odd and even numbers - Consider the number 1 - it's a place holder, for a single quantity of "something"...similar with 2, which is a placeholder for two quantities of the same thing. However, the problem is that you can't have two items that are exactly the same, according to the laws of physics, because they're made up of different sets of atoms. Thus the two objects which make up the "pair" of objects, while close, are not exactly the same.
It takes more than one person to make the Broadway work. It takes dozens and dozens of volunteers. Two volunteers are not the same, they may be similar and have similar interests, but certainly, no two Broadway volunteers are the same.
Volunteers are always welcome. Come join us at the Broadway Theatre in Mt. Pleasant.
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