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Spring Karma

April 20, 2011

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There I was, working away on Civil War veterans, thinking a little bit of sleet was all we’d get. That’s the trouble with having the windows covered with cellular shades and giant quilts in the winter. You are apt to fail to notice what Mama Nature is up to right outside the Writing Studio and […]

Watching the storm come in

April 19, 2011

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Silvery waves and a guy with blue hair. Must be getting older.

The Environmental Art project in ER

April 18, 2011

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Katherine and I begged leave to audit the Environmental Art class that Lindy Bishop is teaching at Cherryland Middle School in Elk Rapids.

Hissy fit Sunday Morning

April 17, 2011

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This morning we headed out to retrieve the paper and met Mama Nature in full hissy fit mode.

A Babs-eye view of the 5k

April 10, 2011

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Babs Young shows you her view of the First Annual Torch Lake Views 5k (and Don Gould Memorial) Walk.

A really good walk

April 10, 2011

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Last night a thunderstorm woke me up. Or maybe it was Miss Sadie, shoving her nose under the covers. She does not like thunderstorms. Well nuts, I thought. This is going to make for a gloomy little 5k. But what the heck. I patted a corner of the bed for Miss Sadie, rolled over, and went back to sleep. This morning I woke up again—thank goodness, at my advanced age you can never be sure of these things—and it was foggy. Then it rained. Then the sun came out, and emails came in from various quarters, and the next thing you know, there we were, assembling at the Day Park.