
Five things you need to know for Tuesday, February 5, 2007
Welcome to a Super Fat Pazcki Tuesday edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan. We've been meaning to share the video of Gov. Granholm's 2008 State of the State speech, which probably ranks near the top in the "Getting People Who…

Michigan Authors: Gloria Whelan
Gloria Whelan was born November 23, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from the University of Michigan and became a social worker. In 1972, the Whelans tired of the hectic pace of the city and moved to Oxbow Lake near Mancelona in northern…

Michigan Authors: Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899- July 2, 1961) an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Born in Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway adopted his father's outdoorsman hobbies of hunting, fishing and camping in the woods and lakes…

New Posting Schedule for Absolute Michigan
For the last 3 years, we've tried to publish everything first thing in the morning.
As our staff (and the internet) has grown, we find ourselves wanting to spread that posting time out to take advantage of those odd moments during the…

"My Brave Mechanics:" The First Michigan Engineers and Their Civil War by Mark Hoffman
Today we take a look at "My Brave Mechanics:" The First Michigan Engineers and Their Civil War by Mark Hoffman (Wayne State University Press). Hoffman is deputy department director of the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries and…

Absolute Michigan: The Week for January 13, 2008
The third episode of The Week features more Michigan Notable Books, author Tom Bissell, the the 2008 Detroit Auto Show and a great iceboating video from our video group, and lots of photos from the Absolute Michigan pool.
This week's…

2008 Detroit Auto Show
Welcome to a special edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan presenting the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, held January 19 - 27, 2008 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan.
We say Detroit Auto Show, you say..?
We're going to continue…

Absolute Michigan: The Week for January 6, 2008
The second episode of The Week features more from Michigan Notable Books on Alden B Dow and Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project, southern Michigan's big snow and a blizzard of photos from the Absolute Michigan pool.
The featured tune this…

900 + 25,000 = a whole lot of photos!
Todd (cedarkayak) was the 900th person to join the Absolute Michigan group on Flickr. I figured that since the kayak (which he built) was the basis for his user name, it made sense to select this photo of the South Manitou Island Lighthouse.…

This week on Absolute Michigan
Watch Out! by useful_fiction
This week we're spending some time enjoying the holiday season, some working on new features for Absolute Michigan and some more just enjoying Michigan's snowy fun. While we do that, we'll let a few of the many…

Five things you need to know for Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The Kalamazoo Gazette notes that while our state's leaders pay lip-service to protecting our environment and many plans call for re-development that leverages our amazing natural assets, we are almost at the bottom of US states in spending to…

Blogs We Dig: Michigan Ski & Snowboard Blog
The Michigan Ski & Snowboard Blog is taglined The Latest Word From The Slopes, and they deliver that and then some. It features articles and updates from resorts all over the state about everything from free skiing days to ski film festivals…
