Gardening

I’ve done a fair bit of writing about gardening. Included here are stories I did for Lenawee magazine on fun garden ideas, companion planting, trees, and three people who are crazy about roses. (PDFs) Lenawee-Garden Ideas-Spring 08 Lenawee-Companion Plants-Spring 08 Lenawee-Plant Tree-Winter 08 Lenawee-Roses-Summer 08

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Food

This story, written for the fall 2008 issue of Lenawee magazine, focuses on three people who make homemade jam. (PDF) Jam story – Fall 2008 Lenawee magazine

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Columns for health magazine

I wrote these two columns for Lenawee Pulse, a quarterly health magazine. They were posted to GateHouse Media, our parent company, which is why they can be seen on other newpapers’ websites. (Website links) http://www.patriotledger.com/lifestyle/health_and_beauty/x512369032/Sue-Van-Fleet-Ode-to-a-dumbbell http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/lifestyle/food/x549587343/Sue-Van-Fleet-Put-a-little-green-in-your-smoothie

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Entertainment

A few samples of my entertainment writing, all from Toledo Free Press. I did a preview of “Lion King” when it was coming to Toledo; I’m also including a preview of a play and a bluegrass act (yes, I can write about anything!). (Website links) http://www.toledofreepress.com/2008/02/15/the-lion-king-pounces-into-stranahan/ http://www.toledofreepress.com/2008/01/18/theatre-collective-breathes-life-into-corpses/ http://www.toledofreepress.com/2008/02/29/glass-city-opry-fertilizes-local-bluegrass-scene/

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Enterprise reporting

The following two links will take you to an enterprise piece I did for The Daily Telegram on March 8, 2009, on downtown Adrian, Mich. In the first, “Above it all,” I look at three couples who live downtown, while “Striving for a Living Downtown” looks at how to make downtown areas attractive to both developers [...]

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Hello!

I’m Sue Van Fleet, a freelance writer and editor based in Toledo, Ohio. My writing experience runs the gamut from health and lifestyle stories to business and enterprise articles. I am the assistant news editor at The Daily Telegram in Adrian, Mich., but I freelance regularly and am looking to branch out. I have had [...]

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