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Louan and Gerry’s Excellent Adventure
Sunday was a day devoted to playfulness. It went even better than I had any right to expect. Louan Lechler called about this and that, and the next thing you know we were haring about the countryside exploring. If you are going to spend an entire afternoon playing, it is just as well to begin with […]
One fine day
April 16, 2010
Sometimes a day goes so right that you can’t imagine how it happened. Certainly a day that begins as Tax Day does not have a whole lot going for it. Add to that the imperative to renew license tabs, and generate reports at the day job, and appear bright-eyed and ready for duty at the […]
Victorian parlor tricks, exotic animals, and a free afternoon at Raven Hill
March 5, 2010
The Frugal Bugle has an announcement. Thanks to funding from the Charlevoix Community Foundation, the whole family can visit Raven Hill Discovery Center free on the second Saturday of the month. I recommend you try it. If you have never been to Raven Hill, you will be amazed. Even if you have been there you […]
In which I depend upon the kindness of strangers
February 12, 2010
As I write this, I am pleasantly full of lamb curry. Miss Sadie and the Cowboy are dozing in front of the wall furnace. I have a glass of a nice red table wine from Spain. I have a carrot muffin in reserve for my breakfast. My printer has a fresh toner cartridge. My bank […]
A snowshoe party on Chandler Hill
February 7, 2010
Nancy and Glenn live over in Chandler Township, Charlevoix County–a community that makes Torch Lake Township look positively urban. Today they had a chili and snowshoe/cross-country party. Had a good day for it, too. They served venison chili and vegetarian chili and cookies and brownies and blueberry cake. People brought side dishes and more desserts. There was fine sock-footed conversation […]
The Mothers go tubing in Bellaire
January 19, 2010
I tell you, there’s no end to the adventures a person with a ready supply of wool socks and a good attitude can get up to. On Monday Susan, Mother of the Lady Alicia, and I, Mother of Rob the Firefighter, took ourselves off to Shanty Creek, threw ourselves down a hillside atop bouncy rubber […]
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 
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