“Birds and Beacons of Michigan” by Kimberly and John Kotzian is now available from your favorite booksellers. (released March 28, 2020 through Schiffer Publishing) With over 3,000 miles of freshwater coastline, Michigan boasts an impressive…

Three generations of Law descendants meet up in Rogers City, Michigan. This past weekend my wife Kim and I were at the Rogers City Nautical Festival. Kim was selling her nature and landscape photography feature many…

Roger’s City, Michigan holds a special place in my heart. This small town of about 3000 people is located in Presque Isle county on the shore of Lake Huron between the cities of Alpena and…

Well, what can I say? I’ve neglected the blog for a very, very long time. Life has a way of getting in the way sometimes and the blog just kept falling on the priority list….

Recently the Historical Society of Michigan asked if it would be all right if they had an actor portray The Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes, William H. Law, at their annual conference. Of course,…

Happy 100th Anniversary to the Coast Guard act of 1915! In case you missed my interview about Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes with Michigan Public Radio’s “Stateside with Cynthia Canty” program yesterday and would…

Tune in to Stateside with Cynthia Canty tomorrow January 27th, 2015 to hear an interview I did with Cynthia about the Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes and the 100th anniversary of the United States…

One hundred years ago on this day, January 20, 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives, on the recommendation of then President Woodrow Wilson passed the Coast Guard Act of 1915. The bill (S. 2337; a bill…

Copy Of A Typewritten Letter As A Christmas Message for the Lightkeepers and Coast Guard People.   135 Pine St., Detroit, Mich., Dec. 25, 1918 My Dear Friend:- Christmas Greetings from myself – Sinbad the…

“The public is apt to run to extremes.” One of the many quotes from the Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes, Reverend William H. Law I ran across in my research for the book that…