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Good morning, Beaver Island

August 15, 2010

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Babs Young writes: It’s morning on Beaver Island. I spent a little over one day there last week. I’ll go back again. Much to take in. You can see the rest of my photos from Beaver Island on Flickr. I’m just sure this is a black and white image.  Positive.  So why is there red […]

As the season turns

August 14, 2010

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The farm markets are bursting with good food. Fat haybales dot the landscape. We feel blessed. But wait, wait—from a plant's perspective, it is not all about us! It is about making more plants, and this is planting time.

Rob the Firefighter is OK

August 13, 2010

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I sat down to open my email this morning and saw Incoming in my Family folder. Ah! Something from Rob the Firefighter! Then I saw the subject line, and my heart plummeted. “It’s not me.” Bless him a thousand times for sending that. Because I had it before I heard the news, before I learned […]

Antrim County roots music

August 12, 2010

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It is just too darned hot to write a long post. It is too darned hot to read one. I wish you had been there last night. You would have that memory to bring out whenever you really needed it. You know how it is when you’re sitting around with a few friends telling stories, […]

Flora of the Bay

August 12, 2010

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Sounds like a story about an old-fashioned girl growing up on the shores of Grand Traverse Bay in the 1800s, doesn’t it? No. Flora as in Flora and her younger brother Fauna. There are so many tiny plants growing on the beach that a person could make a whole botanical career studying just those. I’m […]

Excellent last minute plans

August 11, 2010

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I know it’s the last minute and all, but I have some suggestions for you. Eat Well for a Good Cause: Tonight, Wednesday, the Central Lake Area Historical Society will hold its monthly fund raising dinner at the Masonic Hall in Central Lake. Gary and Lois Dawson are cooking–you cannot do better than that–and Mar […]