I published an essay in the May 2016 issue of Traverse Magazine.
We took the kids out back several nights last summer. Spread a big blanket in the yard, a huge fuzzy one from the flea market in Buckley. I picked it out after seven years of not picking it out.
Read more here: http://mynorth.com/2016/05/kandace-chapples-northern-michigan-fleece-blanket/