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Daugherty Johnson’s Blue Period

February 13, 2014

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I am waiting for Jerry Bingham to arrive with his big rig and heavy duty equipment to thaw out my frozen water line. It will be awhile. I am not his only customer in this fix. Fortunately I have eight gallons of drinking water, six entertaining books, and quantities of excellent treats. I made an […]

Preserving the Wilkinson house one geranium at a time

February 12, 2014

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Loraine Mottern is at it again.  Every year about this time she distributes the annual geranium order form.  She posts it in store windows and on the community bulletin boards at the Eastport Post Office and the Eastport Market.  She sends persuasive press releases to all the newspapers.  It has crossed my mind that if Loraine’s determination […]

Toto, we’re not in Antrim County anymore

February 4, 2014

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OK, I’m in Antrim County, but this little pelican is in Key West where a person can find sunshine, warm breezes, excellent sunsets and thousands of migrating Canadians and Michiganians who, like the pelican, are in no hurry to fly back north.  No indeed. On the other hand, Climate Chaos being what it is, a penguin somehow […]

Sunday Morning TLV

February 3, 2014

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OK, so I got distracted by Civil War veterans and forgot to press “Publish.”  Here you go.  Keep in mind that “today” is Sunday and “yesterday” is Saturday and . . . well.  You get the idea. Arts and the environment: I rely on my daily poem from Writer’s Almanac the way I rely on […]

The Weatherman delivers news and cookies

January 25, 2014

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Bruce the Weatherman is a versatile sort of man.  On Friday he drove through a blizzard to deliver some of Andi’s homemade cookies to the Writing Studio and Bait Shop.  Then he sent a Weather Report that I know all you snowbirds will enjoy.  He wrote: The impressive cold has had me watching the ice […]

Saying good-bye to LaMirada Bob

January 11, 2014

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Lots of people drop by Torch Lake Views from time to time, leaving a comment here and there.  Regular Readers step behind the counter, pour themselves a cup of coffee, and join the conversation.  But one Regular Reader was always in a category by himself.  LaMirada Bob reigned supreme as the Father of All Bloggers.  Well, […]