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A bow to spring

February 17, 2012

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Snow sculptures, adaptability, maple syrup and eagles. I don't see how you can go wrong.

The lay of the land

February 14, 2012

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Recently Mrs. Uhdd said she was going to go off and look at an atlas to figure out the lay of the land Around Here. It occurred to me that I should write about the geography, just to give you a context should you be from Away.

Sunning ourselves on the beach

February 13, 2012

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Miss Sadie and the Cowboy could stand it no longer. They dragged me outdoors and made me go for a walk on the beach.

Another precinct heard from

February 11, 2012

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Nothing like a little winter rivalry to bring out fence-painters in force, leaving me free to spend my time reading Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 to my Civil War veterans. (The part about the town of cats stirred them up.)

Icy adventures on Bass Lake

February 7, 2012

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I was in Elk Rapids this morning, and something caught my eye.  Could it be . . . yes.  There was an ice fishing shanty out on Bass Lake.  Must investigate. As I got closer, more wonders appeared. I had not expected to see ice boats today, but there they were, all lined up for […]

The West Side is the Best Side?

February 6, 2012

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Babs and her west-side neighbors in Blue Heaven are itching for a competition, and have put up a page on Facebook and everything. I think it's a page. Maybe it's an album. Facebook confuses me. Anyway, they claim - well, what the title says. I await further developments.