The Mackinac Bridge Wrote Me a Letter

...I want to turn up one of those
seasonal roads which lead off of M-119...
fronted by rectangular white signs
warning that the roads are not plowed in winter.
I could drive far enough off the main road
that no one would see us when we stop.
You might not even ask why I am doing it.

In The Mackinac Bridge Wrote Me a Letter Hill's glimpses into life vary from humorous to poignant to fanciful to observational. Topics include a drive on M-119 through the Tunnel of Trees, a hawk's posture, mouse coffee, the last swim of the year, and the opening of deer season.

Hill also reminisces about watching Johnny Green and the Michigan State Spartans play the Indiana Hoosiers at the old IU Fieldhouse. Hill recalls wondering if he would meet another "Frank Hill" and he revisits canoeing across the Straits of Mackinac to impress a girlfriend his first summer on Mackinac Island. Hill even admits to some of his nighttime dreams, thereby lending credence to his wife's claim that he may not be "as normal as pumpkin pie."