Mark Maynard

Maynard-Lao Archive: Item 0002 [Historic Ann Arbor Farmhouse Brass Doorknob]

By Mark | April 27, 2019

As I explained in an earlier post, I’m in the process of making my way through the house and separating the wheat from the chaff, determining which items will remain in our family archive, and which will be jettisoned into the ever-churning gyre of garbage that surrounds us. What follows is my justification for keeping […]

Posted in Education, History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1995, American Studies, Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, archeology, arson, creative writing, Ed Rutsch, EMU, farmhouse, hands-on education, Hands-On History, Henry Ford Museum, historic archeology, historic artifacts, Linette Lao, Mark's chances to change history, Mark's jobs, Sears catalog, Smithsonian Institution, Society for Industrial Archeology, summer camp, teaching, The Brown Jug, University of Michigan, work-study, Ypsilanti State Mental Hospital | 9 Comments

Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Misty Lyn Bergeron communing among the redwoods

By Mark | December 3, 2013

A few weeks ago, kind of on a whim, I reached out to a local musician and asked if he’d be willing to talk about a recent vacation he’d taken to Gettysburg. It went well. I enjoyed hearing about something that he was insanely passionate about, and I think he enjoyed, for a change, talking […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arlo, Avenue of the Giants, bartending, Big Love, Big Sur, Bill Hicks, birth stories, blue green algae, burgers, buruli ulcer, Carmel, Carnival Cruise, community service, consumption, cruise, crying, East of Eden, Eli Eisman, epiphanies, fast food, Garden City, gardening, gated communities, Glen Campbell, Grey Goose, Halliburton, Hee Haw, Hee Haw Honeys, hippies, how to be a better human being, Iggy Pop, interviews, John Steinbeck, Joseph Campbell, Lake Michigan, Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, Lust for Life, malaria, martinis, Matt Jones, Michigan Musicians on Vacation, Misty Lyn, Misty Lyn Bergeron, musicians, musicians breaking the law, nature, polygamy, private property, private roads, Rawlins, redwoods, Rhinestone Cowboy, Salt Flats, San Francisco, Siddhartha, solitude, spiritual quests, spirituality, sun poisoning, Timothy Monger, travel, travel tips, trees, Utah, vacations, vans, vegetarianism, vertigo, Zen, Zion National Park. | 6 Comments

Big Business vs. Small Business…. who’s right?

By Mark | February 28, 2013

Today, in response to an interview that I’d posted recently with the founders of the Ypsi/Arbor small business support group Small & Mighty, a reader by the name of KJC posted a link to an article titled “Small is not Beautiful,” implying, I think it’s pretty clear, that many of us are misguided in our […]

Posted in Economics, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Mark's Life, Observations, Uncategorized | Also tagged BALLE, business, cooperatives, Dug Song, health insurance, Jean Henry, KJC, Michael Shuman, Small and Mighty, Starbucks, The Shop Around the Corner, You've Got Mail, Zingerman's | 39 Comments

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Maynard-Lao Archive: Item 0002 [Historic Ann Arbor Farmhouse Brass Doorknob]

Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Misty Lyn Bergeron communing among the redwoods

Big Business vs. Small Business…. who’s right?

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