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Excellent news
Babs writes: This has been a great winter up here. It’s warmed up some the last couple of days, but the cold will be back next week. I love the snow in the woods. My first thought was that she had gone completely around the bend, but then I realized that no, that would be […]
The Weatherman weighs in
February 20, 2013
Bruce Laidlaw read yesterday’s post, which featured a careful selection of Sunny Winter Day images from earlier in the month. Then he looked outside his window at the thrashing Bay, and replied: Thanks for the new post. Things looked so nice. You couldn’t take those photos today. It’s blowing 35 [mph] here and it has […]
The sun in winter
January 8, 2013
I confess that winters in northern Michigan tend to be mostly black and white and lovely shades of grey. We make up for it by wearing a lot of red and lighting fires in the woodstove. On sunny days, we rock out. I had it in mind to show you several examples, but I neglected […]
Tiger and the 8 point buck
November 15, 2012
I am in receipt of a valuable contribution in honor of St. Venison’s Day. Weatherman Bruce Laidlaw writes: You seemed skeptical about my report of a deer herd within Ann Arbor. Considering your recent experience with a suicidal deer, I thought I would give you some evidence of the herd. Yesterday morning, I let the […]
First s@#!
November 13, 2012
And so it goes, the bright leaves of autumn must fall, and after them . . . I always fantasize that we will have a magical first snow, big fat fluffy flakes that land on my mittens and sparkle. The kind of snow that makes me want to turn my face to the deep evening […]
Supper at the Polish Hacienda, followed by unjust desserts
November 5, 2012
Summer People ask us what life is like Around Here when they're gone. Well, we say, it's pretty normal. Louan called on Sunday--this would be last Sunday, not the Sunday we had yesterday. Did I want to go have a Polish dinner in Elk Rapids?
Books in Northport
- I don't have much to say.
- It's all in here: the sublime, silly, dangerous, petty, too cute for words, and a shed tear.
- From the Tenth to the Twelfth
- Goodbye, November. Hello, Winter!
- Gratitude and Death
- Deer Season, Among Books
- Time’s Wingèd Chariot
- Looking and Looking and Looking!
- Color/Light and Home in Autumn
- Turn, Turn, Turn
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
January 13, 2014
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