Mark Maynard | Riverside Park

Attempting to save tadpoles on Memorial Day

By Mark | May 27, 2019

Arlo and I spent a lot of time at Riverside Park today; running around the playground, picking up glass along the banks of the Huron river, and watching super-enthusiastic baby geese practice their diving. [We also got to see what appeared to be an epic battle between a great blue heron and a family of […]

Posted in Environment, Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged amphibian fungus, Arlo, Donald Trump, ecosystem, frogs, geese, herons, Memorial Day, parenting advice, patriotism, tadpoles | 11 Comments

Ten years of cool Ypsi-Arbor photos from Doug Coombe’s Concentrate archives

By Mark | April 24, 2019

Our friends at Concentrate are celebrating the publication of their 500th issue, and, as part of the festivities, staff photographer Doug Coombe has put together a collection of his favorite 300 photos. If you can get beyond the horror of watching me age over the past decade, it really is an incredible document, as it […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Photographs, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor Tortilla Company, Beatles, butcher cover, Capitol Records, Chris Sandon, Concentrate, Concentrate Media, Doug Coombe, embarrassing photos, Jeff Meyers, Jermaine Dickerson, Jesse Kranyak, Machete, Melissa Dettloff, Melvin Parson, photos of Mark, Shadow Art Fair | 9 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Caleb Elijah Zweifler

By Mark | December 6, 2018

If you’re planning to attend the DIYpsi art fair this weekend, be sure to swing by the table of illustrator Caleb Zweifler, who, early next week, intends to hitchhike his way out of Ypsilanti, the town that he’s called home for the past decade. Following is his official Ypsilanti exit interview. MARK: What’s your full […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amy Sacksteder, Andrew Zweifler, Andy Claydon, archery, Becoming Myth, Bee Roll, Beezy's, BFA, Bipolar Disorder, bitch", Brazil, Brian Little, Brian Nelson, Bruce Lee’s Fighting Method, bug-out bag, Caleb Zweifler, Capoeira, comic books, corn cob pipe, Davey Jones, death metal, depression, Dishwasher Pete, dishwashing, DIYpsi, Do Make Say Think, Elbow Room, EMU, EMU Art Department, exit interviews, garden hermit, graphic novels, Guillermo Lopez, hermit, hitchhiking, Iggy Pop, illustration, Jamaica, Jim Cherewick, John DeHoog, Julian Weisensel, Kris Coley, Lansing Community College, log cabin, mania, Marisa Dluge, Michael Reedy, Michigan, Munith, Nate Hockman, Nazis, Nightman Cometh, off-grid, Pete Jordan, Peter Pan, Physicians for the Prevention of Gun Violence, political correctness, Portuguese, Richard Rubenfeld, Richard Washington, Rita Jane Riggs, Ruth Zweifler, Sherzer Hall, Stockbridge, Student Advocacy Center, survivalist, Taru Sterling, Tetris, Visit Ypsilanti, wonderlust, Ypsi Real, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau, Ypsilantian of the Year | 53 Comments

2018 Election Day open thread

By Mark | November 6, 2018

9:00 AM I’m home with a sick kid, so thing may not go as planned, but I’m hoping to vote soon, and then head back home to do some remote phone banking through Swing Left for Amy McGrath, the Democratic candidate for Kentucky’s 6th district, which covers Frankfort, where I lived as a baby, Georgetown, […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged ACA, Adam Schiff, Amy McGrath, Andy LaBarre, Arlo, Atlanta, Bill Schuette, Black Panther Party, bowling, Brian Kemp, Clementine, Congress, Dave Trott, Debbie Stabenow, Devin Nunes, Donald Trump, Election Day, election interference, election reform, election results, elections, Elissa Slotkin, fake news, Georgia, get out the vote, Gretchen Driskell, Haley Stevens, health care, House Intelligence Committee, Jeff Irwin, Kansas, Kentucky, Kris Kobach, Landline, Lena Epstein, Michigan's 11th congressional district, Michigan's 7th Congressional District, Michigan's 8th Congressional District, midterm elections, Mike Bishop, Pennsylvania, Peter Larson, phone banking, Piss Alley Rollers, Pita Pita, play structure, Pod Save America, political violence, racism, Rust Belt, Sidetrack, Snellville, Stacey Abrams, Swing Left, Ted Cruz, Tim Walberg, voter fraud, voter suppression, voting, Wisconsin | 216 Comments

Police officer fires rifle twice at deer in Ypsilanti neighborhood

By Mark | June 10, 2018

Earlier this evening, at about 5:30, I heard two gunshots coming from the direction of Frog Island Park, and, as people do these days, I got on Facebook to ask what in the hell was happening, and whether or not my family was in any immediate danger. Within minutes, I received the above photo from […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged animal welfare, deer, Depot Town, Frog Island Park, Huron Valley Art Company, shooting, Ypsilanti police department | 59 Comments

Tag Archives: Riverside Park

Attempting to save tadpoles on Memorial Day

Ten years of cool Ypsi-Arbor photos from Doug Coombe’s Concentrate archives

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Caleb Elijah Zweifler

2018 Election Day open thread

Police officer fires rifle twice at deer in Ypsilanti neighborhood

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