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Daytrip: Light Dancing at the Dennos

September 10, 2008

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I may have mentioned my fondness for the hands-on, interactive children’s area at the Dennos Museum in Traverse City. It’s a great place to listen to little kids ooh and ahh and giggle, but I have a good time even when I’m all by myself. That’s when I get to dance with light. If you […]

Babs visits the northeastern precincts

September 8, 2008

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Stonehedge Farm has been on my list of places to explore since last winter, but did I get there and take pictures and tell you all about it?  I did not.  Now Babs has beat my time with this wonderful post: These are machines that spin roving into yarn at Stonehedge Farm and Fiber Mill […]

Borrowing grandchildren, meeting a boa constrictor, and playing in a giant sandbox

August 28, 2008

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Last week I got to borrow some grandchildren. Their grandfather (Ed) and mother (Nancy) brought Ben and Nick to Barnes Park on a camping adventure, and were kind enough to share them with me. The boys learned to catch minnows in a towel, swam in Torch Lake—Nick insisted it had to be a pool because […]

Ripe and ready – U-Pick/We-Pick report for Torch Lake Township

August 9, 2008

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Here’s the word from the Bargys, the Dawsons, the Kamps and the Kings about what you can pick now and in the coming week at the farms and orchards of Torch Lake Township, and about what they’re picking for you that you can scarf up at the markets. Keep in mind that Mama Nature is […]

Michael and I both think you should see Kenny

August 8, 2008

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OK, I was lazy and didn’t tell you about the Traverse City Film Festival because I figured everybody around here already knew about it and besides it’s something you do in Traverse City, not in Torch Lake Township, and a long time ago I decided I had all I could do just to write about […]

Distracted by Elk

August 6, 2008

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There they were, attractively arranged in the tall grass, looking for all the world like a committee trying to decide where to hold the company picnic. The elk. Everyone stopped, even people who are used to seeing the elk, because they were closer to the road than usual, and their antlers are enormous right now. […]

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