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Recreating Torch Lake Township

August 14, 2009

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OK, we’re not re-creating the whole Township. We like the lakes just where they are, for example.  But we are trying to figure out priorities for recreational facilities and programs and we need to know what you think.  Soooo . . . on Saturday, August 22, from 10:00 am until noon, we’re having Lemonade in […]

People in spandex, flying pigs, and a penguin in chili – August in Torch Lake Township

August 7, 2009

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This week the League of Michigan Bicyclists is having a nice little ride up the west coast of Michigan.  About 360 people left Montague on Sunday in the driving rain, headed for Mackinaw City. The skies cleared, another 71 riders joined the trek in Traverse City on Wednesday, and all 400+ poured into Torch Lake Township at […]

The cat, the eagle, the sunset – just an ordinary Wednesday near Barnes Park

August 6, 2009

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While I was entombed at the day job catching the merest glimpses of golden evening light, Bruce Laidlaw was strolling the beach in his flip-flops, camera in hand. This morning he sent an email. Had I, he inquired, happened to see this fellow soaring above the Bay at sunset? Well no, I thought grumpily, I […]

Dinosaurs and Dr. Seuss trees in Edenshores

July 31, 2009

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Alana Haley sent me an email. Next Wednesday at Pine Hill Nursery Master Gardener Ruth Chapin will help Perk up your Tired Container.   My mind wandered to my containers, all of them completely neglected since last summer.  My feet wandered out to the deck to inspect the one on the railing.  Perhaps it was not […]

Summer twilight: Barnes Park, 2009

July 28, 2009

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As I left the other day job Sunday, the sky was turning smoky rose. No time to waste. I trotted over to Barnes Park along with everybody else to watch the sun go down. It was cool enough that parents wore fleece jackets with their shorts. It was warm enough that kids raced along the […]

Announcement. Fred Rakunas is all right.

July 27, 2009

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For all the neighbors who saw the little red seaplane take off from Fred’s shoreline, only to land at the north end of Torch Lake where a host of rescue vehicles were gathered: Fred Rakunas is fine.  Fred, in fact, is better than fine.  He was piloting that plane, and he landed it just off […]

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