Indeed! Are they Shawls as well? I bet my mom knows them. My mom's side are Hunters--they owned the Western Auto downtown, which over time became more about bikes. I'm doing an article on the Old Jail Building Museum for something Steven Silver is putting together. And yeah, milkweed and butterflies - ThreadSky

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tomdoyle.bsky.social • 12 days ago

Indeed! Are they Shawls as well? I bet my mom knows them. My mom's side are Hunters--they owned the Western Auto downtown, which over time became more about bikes. I'm doing an article on the Old Jail Building Museum for something Steven Silver is putting together. And yeah, milkweed and butterflies

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tomdoyle.bsky.social•12 days ago

Here's my one western MI story from 20 years ago, a historical fantasy that relates to the summer magic of the place.
"The Wizard of Macatawa": text https://www.tomdoyleauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Macatawafinal-2.pdf
And audio: http://traffic.libsyn.com/tomdoyle/macatawa.mp3

nisishawl.bsky.social•12 days ago

Both Aunt Doris and Uncle Milton are deceased. My cousins are/were Jacksons. Shawl is my ex's family name--from Saginaw (or as we joshingly called it, Saggy Balls). Look forward to reading your story! My most Western Michigan is probably "The Water Museum" set in Sleeping Bear Dunes....

tomdoyle.bsky.social•12 days ago

Ooh, Levar Burton reads that one--going to listen to it starting tonight. And asking my Allegan fam about the Jacksons. FYI: I think I've said this before, but just in case, I'm always mentioning Everfair on alt history panels as an example of the sort of thing the genre should do.

nisishawl.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you for the shout outs! Yes, LeVar read 3 of my stories--I'm so honored.

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