by macombnow | Apr 15, 2018
(From the Winter, 2015 Issue of Macomb Now Magazine) By Denis LeDuc The leaves have all fallen. The soft, warm colors of autumn have faded into the bleak pen-and-ink landscape of winter. Bare trees stand dark against the white snow and ice of the season. We feel the...
by macombnow | Apr 9, 2018
(from the Spring, 2013 issue of Macomb Now Magazine) By Denis LeDuc The large windows on all eight sides of the 1860 Octagon House are open to the warm spring breeze, filling the rooms with air and the twilight of evening. Chores are done and lessons completed. Lively...
by macombnow | Apr 9, 2018
(from the Summer, 2012 issue of Macomb Now Magazine) By Denis LeDuc Under a brilliant summer sun, girls in swimsuits and handsome lifeguards pose on a golden sandy beach. This could be a scene from a Hollywood movie, but it is in fact our very own metro Beach.” A...
by macombnow | Apr 9, 2018
(from the Fall 2012 issue of Macomb Now Magazine) By Denis LeDuc Fall has arrived with spectacular color, soft golden light, and the rich scent of apples, cider and doughnuts. Despite early budding of fruit trees followed by several hard freezing spring nights, loss...
by macombnow | Mar 10, 2018
By Denis LeDuc This Victorian Italianate style house sits right at the corner of Utica Road and Dodge Park and is one of only a few buildings in the county on the National Registry of Historical Places. Had it not been for the original owners of the house, William and...
