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A Call for Story Submissions The Great Lakes Are in My DNA, are they in yours? As I prepare to fully launch the Great Lakes Guide Girl podcast, I’ve been thinking a lot aboutthe lakes themselves. Not the statistics or the shipping lanes or the maps, but the quieter things. The personal things. The kind of stories that don’t usually get written down, but are often shared at family dinner tables, reflected in holiday traditions, or relayed through generations that came before u

Before launching the Great Lakes Guide Girl podcast, I want to share the quiet story that started it all. Not a polished travel story.Not a story about a famous landmark or a perfect summer vacation. This one is smaller than that. It’s about a park bench.A rocky shoreline on Lake Erie .A grandfather I wish I had known. And the quiet pull of two lakes that somehow shaped my life without me realizing it. It’s not epic. There are no celebrities involved, and nothing about it is

Trading shoreline views for Capitol halls, at least for a few days. I’m heading to Albany this week and I’m bringing Great Lakes energy with me. No deep policy breakdowns (yet). No long talking points (promise). Just this: Something important is happening in rooms most people never see. Conversations that shape waterfronts. Decisions that influence parks. Momentum that affects how our shoreline communities grow or don’t. I’ll be in the middle of it. Over the next few days, I’