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Unexpected mercies
We did no chores, and have no guilt. Some days are meant for simple gratitude.
Going . . . going . . .
November 2, 2010
What am I bid for another fine autumn day? Just one more day . . .
Fighting the deer for the chestnuts
October 30, 2010
If you are of a mind to forage for food, you cannot find a better partner than Lois Dawson. First of all, she knows how to do this stuff. Second, she never gives up. Never. Third, she keeps up a steady stream of encouragement as you flounder about. This is how I acquired an enormous pink bag full of chestnut burrs.
Storm report
October 27, 2010
The raft blew away, we lost power, it rained horizonally, but then the sun came out.
A little rain extends the Big Show
October 25, 2010
Babs writes: Just when I thought the color was about gone, it rained and made the tree trunks darker and there is still lots of color. It’s still very nice. Isn’t that a wonderful thing? Just when you think it’s all gone to dust Mama Nature turns on the waterworks and there we are, oh-ing […]
Full moon rising
October 22, 2010
When I was a little girl I loved riding home at night, lying in the back seat of the car, looking up through the window. Mom and Dad murmured in the front seat as the radio played. Telephone poles and tall pines moved past in a steady rhythm. But the moon traveled with us, glinting between the trees, glowing bright across the potato fields.
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
November 7, 2010
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