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Leaning towers of Eastport, pie, and February without Sonny’s

February 5, 2009

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So much to tell you about.  First of all, Daugherty Johnson mentioned that wind and sun had been having their way with his latest sculpture.  I could see that something was up every time I drove by, but as I was always running late (there’s a surprise) I couldn’t stop to investigate.  By the time […]

Someone actually* asked for our advice (*with apologies to PJ Grath, who argues that “actually” is misused, overused, and generally a nuisance)

February 3, 2009

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The cousins in the UK are suffering an infestation of snow and ice in quantities not seen for a generation. Heather Uphilldowndale (a/k/a Mrs. Uhdd) has been reporting heroically from the front (see, for example, Shadow Side and Up and Down). What, she inquires, would we hardy souls in northern Michigan recommend as our favorite […]

Invitation to knock their socks off in upstate New York

January 26, 2009

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Photographer Scott Thomas, who blogs at Views Infinitum, has issued a call for a Collective Shoot.  The assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to photograph a Local Area Landmark in your hometown and tell us about it. Landmarks can be buildings, geographical formations, natural areas, or historic places. The landmark does not have […]

Letters from Babs: Ice boats are a-comin’ are a-comin’ are a-comin’ . . .

January 25, 2009

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Babs has been keeping an eye on the ice on Torch Lake, so naturally she met some ice-boaters.  I have spoken to these people before (ERN: Hardwater sailors skim across Torch) and have determined that they are, to put it politely, utterly daft. Friendly, though. Anyway, they were out and about today, draped in ice […]

Packy snow and a castle in Eastport

January 25, 2009

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The weather has been perfect. Lots of snow, a little warming to soften it, a little plunge in temperature to set it up just right, a little sun to touch up the crust, and there you have it: packy snow that can be carved into snowstone to build a fort, an igloo . . . […]

Up on the rooftop, click click click

January 23, 2009

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Bruce Laidlaw, operator of the weather station that supplies Torch Lake Views with Extremely Accurate Prognostications, and groomer of x-country ski trails at Barnes Park, has had a busy week. On Thursday (after I’d razzed him about, well, his whining about snowshoers) he wrote: Appropriate comment about my whining regarding the snow shoes. I need […]

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