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Togs for your toes, with a tickle from Babs

April 18, 2010

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Sue Swain works in a tiny shoemaking studio in Central Lake Township, tap-tapping away on custom made sandals and boots. All summer she travels to art fairs and festivals; all winter she works on the orders. Some of her customers need special orthotics. Others are looking for an unusual design, or for the freedom to […]

Playing catch-up

April 10, 2010

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American Iliad Last night I went to Jim Ribby’s performance at the old Township Hall in Elk Rapids.  If you were there, you know why I’m glad I went.  If you missed it, here’s a little glimpse.  For two hours, Jim took us back to the fields of wartime Ohio, the battlegrounds of Tennessee, the […]

A new window on Torch Lake

March 25, 2010

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For those of you who played along with our little contest, here are the answers to the questions, along with an update from this afternoon’s followup visit. As a couple of you surmised, the new mural in Torch Lake Township is going up on the wall at Sonny’s Torch Lake Market, right where I can […]

A little surprise, and a contest to brighten March Mudness

March 23, 2010

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This is a little surprise for you, and a little mystery, and a little game, all rolled into one.  A Michigan muralist whose work has appeared in national publications is at work in Torch Lake Township.  The new work is just beginning to emerge.  Here are some glimpses of the early stages of the process.  There […]

Picking up sticks and skills

January 31, 2010

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I ran into Shanna Branding over at the Township EMS offices. She wanted to know what on earth I was doing wandering along the shoulder of US-31 picking up big sticks. I wondered myself. Then the penny dropped. She had seen me taking pictures for Torch Lake Views and I was, uncharacteristically, lugging a tripod. […]

A whiter shade of pale

January 20, 2010

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We can’t spend all our time playing on the tubing run.  We must spend some time experimenting with our cameras.  Scott Thomas has posted a new photo challenge over at Views Infinitum.  White.  I can hear Jack Bodis groaning already.  It’s enough that we have to live in it.  Do we have to look at […]

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