This post is for my readers in southeast Michigan:
Huron-Clinton Metroparks will waive vehicle entry fees and boat launch fees on Nov. 11 in honor of Veteran’s Day.
The park district includes 13 sites in a five-county area of southeast Michigan including Lake Erie Metropark, Oakwoods Patropark and Willow Metropark.
For information, call the park offices at (800) [...]

This post is for my readers in southeast Michigan:
The Detroit Museum Adventure Pass, which is a program allowing those with library cards at participating southeast Michigan libraries to request free museum passes in the area, has started its third year of grant funding.
Monroe County Library System is participating for its second year. Milan Public Library [...]

If you are a mom of a little one, you know that the Internet is full of mom-related networks and sites.
The ones I knew about from 10 years ago or so were bulletin boards for moms who were pregnant about the same time. Some of the newer parenting sites are geographic based. Much of the [...]

Are you looking for something to do with the family for Halloween that won’t cost you a zombie’s arm and a leg?
Here’s the list of Halloween events taking place in the Monroe, Mich., area, this week. Many of them are free or low cost. The trick-or-treat times also are included in that list.

My husband and I were in Cleveland Sunday to watch the Cleveland Browns host the Green Bay Packers. This is a picture from our seats in the upper deck, in the northeast corner, above the Dawg Pound.
Green Bay won 31-3. Several Cleveland players were off because of illness, and while the Browns played decently for [...]

My daughter did believe in Santa Claus when she was growing up.
I don’t remember at what point she stopped believing in Santa. I do remember that it was a relatively untraumatic situation as compared to what some other families experience.
What did we do right?
I can tell you it wasn’t planned, but that’s just what happened.
My [...]

If you live in or near Monroe, Mich., I have posted as many community Halloween and fall holiday events as I can find in the MonroeTalks calendar. The corn mazes are a separate list.
Those links will automatically update with new entries, so do check back to see what’s being posted as you make your celebration [...]

Do you want to pick your own pumpkin, or at least see where it was “born”?
I haven’t seen enough of the actual farm market pumpkin prices to give you price range estimates in that market. But the supermarket prices I’ve seen posted in Monroe are ranging $4 to $5 per jack-o-lantern pumpkin – so if [...]

MJR Theaters is holding its Free Fall 2009 Children’s Festival starting this weekend. You’ll find the information on the theater web site and today’s Detroit Free Press print edition also has a notice.
There are several participating MJR theaters in the metro Detroit area, including the Southgate theater.
The deal is all kids 12 and younger admitted [...]

If you want to see some very cute cupcake ideas that won’t cost a lot of money to make – go to Cupcake Central hosted by Reynolds Baking Cups.
There are detailed directions for designs for a variety of holidays and special occasions. You can even Create a Virtual Cupcake.