This project took a lot longer than I expected but I had a family heirloom professionally restored. This Westlake Fainting Couch was built by my great great grandfather, Johann (John) Zimmermann.He was born in Canada 1 October 1852 and married Emma Rush 21 December 1875 in Canada. He died...
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Feeling Saucy
I have made official labels for the bottles of my #barbecuesauces. I took these images back in 2012 while spending a day down at Detroit’s Eastern Market.
Various images from my time on Belle Isle!
A Detroit gem and Michigan’s 102nd state park, this 987-acre island has something for everyone. I have not been to the island since I was a boy and when the opportunity came to do some photography I was that little boy once more. With a tripod, zoom lens, and...
Across the Great Divide: Some Debts are Hard to Pay
Many of us have visited a casino at least once for a number of reasons- perhaps some time in the limelight with friends at the slots amid conversation and drinks or walking in the shadows feeding the crave of a gambling addiction. Gambling conjures up some rather strong images...
Across the Great Divide: “Hocus Pocus for Profit”
Businesses featured on paranormal television shows are attempting to milk their 15 minutes of fame long after the cameras have left the building. I get that- to a degree. They’re in business to make money; but they do so by making a mockery out of the science of paranormal...
Across the Great Divide >> “Is Peche Island Cursed?”
Hello and a Blessed Beltaine to everyone! Well, here it is, the first day of a new month, and that means another issue of pagan Pages magazine and your favorite paranormal research column, Across the Great Divide, by R. Wolf Baldassarro! What’s on tap for this month? Last time...
Across the Great Divide: “The Ghost of Belle Isle”
Prompted by the unseasonably warm weather scores of people are venturing outdoors, eager to get a jump on summer fun. For many in the Detroit area that also includes picnics and other activities on historic Belle Isle. But unknown to few, besides some lifelong citizens of the Motor...