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Treasure Scout on the loose

October 13, 2012

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This year’s holiday exhibit at the Elk Rapids Historical Museum is Treasures from the Toy Chest, and I am the Treasure Scout.  Linda Pillsbury drew me a map.  Linda knows everyone in Elk Rapids, and her mother knows their mothers.  By the time we’re through you will be dazzled.  Last week, for example, I went […]

We are sad

October 12, 2012

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This morning I woke up and my glasses were on the nightstand just where I’d left them.  The cushion on the storage bin was empty.  The cheesebox was gone from my desk.  Miss Puss died yesterday after a short illness at the end of a long and adventurous life.  Her body will be buried in […]

The bear on River Street

October 10, 2012

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You know you're Up North when a bear stands by a cross-walk on the main street in town and everyone thinks it's just dandy.

Up with the birds

September 17, 2012

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Babs Young writes, Sunrise on Pyramid Point in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. In the distance are the Manitou Islands. I had to leave home about 5:00 am to get there for the 7:00 sunrise, but it was worth it. It’s easy to see why this park was voted by ABC’s Good Morning America […]

Third time’s a charm

August 25, 2012

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Overheard at breakfast in a resort town not far away:

A bridge to somewhere

August 19, 2012

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Babs Young has been off to Charlevoix again.