Three generations of Law descendants meet up in Rogers City, Michigan. This past weekend my wife Kim and I were at the Rogers City Nautical Festival. Kim was selling her nature and landscape photography feature many…

Happy 100th Anniversary to the Coast Guard act of 1915! In case you missed my interview about Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes with Michigan Public Radio’s “Stateside with Cynthia Canty” program yesterday and would…

One hundred years ago on this day, January 20, 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives, on the recommendation of then President Woodrow Wilson passed the Coast Guard Act of 1915. The bill (S. 2337; a bill…

“The public is apt to run to extremes.” One of the many quotes from the Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes, Reverend William H. Law I ran across in my research for the book that…

This past weekend marked the end of a whirlwind book tour for Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes. Kim and I attended the Point aux Barques lighthouse Festival, which apart from being a wonderful event…

It’s been a pretty amazing week in the Upper Peninsula. after leaving Whitefish Point on Monday Kim and I popped on over to Crisp Point. If you’ve never been to Crisp Point I highly recommend…

In 1915 the Rev. William H. Law, a.k.a the Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes, presented a book to the Keeper and crew of the Whitefish Point station. He also inscribed and signed the book….

When I found the life story of Rev. William H. Law, the Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes, I remarked on the various historical niches the story fell into. Of course, it covered Great Lakes…

Lately I have heard a lot of talk about people wanting to leave the State of Michigan. I can understand this is your reason is related to employment but what I can’t understand is the…

The Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes, Rev. William H. Law sent a yearly publication of compiled news and stories called “The Message” to all the Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations in the United States, as…