Browsing All Posts published on »July, 2011«

Behind the pink screen door

July 23, 2011

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Remember the gingerbread house with its cunning pink screen door? Today you are invited to step through that door.

Feels like Indiana to me

July 22, 2011

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I was right about two things. It was cooler in the hospital, and my life would never be the same.

Miss Sadie dove under the bed

July 19, 2011

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It has been awfully hot. I drift through the days longing for relief. Be careful what you wish for.

Cygnet Lake

July 18, 2011

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Babs has been bird-watching. She writes: In Elk Rapids there is a family of swans: Mom, Dad and five cygnets.

Yee-hah! Ellen Airgood on national radio

July 17, 2011

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I was just tending the blog and cursing slooow dialup when the sound of the radio penetrated my foggy brain. Linda Wertheimer was interviewing Ellen Airgood on NPR Weekend Edition. This is so good.

The Pinkification of Team Elmer’s

July 16, 2011

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I expect you, too, have seen a bright pink cement mixer around the County, its drum turning merrily as it trundles up the highway.  You can hardly miss it.  Getting its picture is something else entirely.  On Friday I spotted it at the Birch Lake Roadside Park construction site. I pulled in, parked caterwhompus and […]