by macombnow | Feb 3, 2018
(from Summer, 2015 Macomb Now Magazine) By Denis LeDuc The summers of my youth were slow and lazy, seemingly neverending. School was only vaguely somewhere far over the horizon. I would spend my long, hot days skipping stones, running the woods with my brother,...
by macombnow | Feb 2, 2018
(from the Summer 2013 Edition of Macomb Now Magazine) By Denis LeDuc July 1, 1863: Union cavalry encounters lead elements of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s invading Confederate Army west of Gettysburg, Pa. Reinforcements include the 24th Michigan Infantry. They delay Lee long...
by macombnow | Jan 17, 2018
(from the Summer 2015 issue of Macomb Now Magazine) By Denis LeDuc School is out. The kids settle into summer. In the city the air shimmers above the hot pavement. The soft breezes of Lake St. Clair are calling with cool promise. Families pack the swimsuits, the...
by macombnow | Jan 17, 2018
(from the Fall 2015 issue of Macomb Now Magazine) By Denis LeDuc “Step right in, ma’am! Is the water a touch too hot for you? Sure it’s dark and heavy, but nobody never drowned in this water. You’re gonna float like a cork. And sure, the smell takes some getting’ used...
by macombnow | Jan 13, 2018
From the Fall, 2013 edition of Macomb Now Magazine Fifty years after his death, Macomb County sill remembers. By Denis LeDuc “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.” President John F. Kennedy....
