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Two things that made me smile today

May 14, 2010

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Just after midnight last night I put up the last post and headed for bed. On the way I discovered that the Cowboy had found a new place to nap. I did not have the heart to scold him, even though that was nice, fresh, folded laundry.  I’m no fool.  Which brings me to the […]

Experimenting with something I can control

May 14, 2010

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In so many ways it has been a Very Bad Day.  However, the main thing about being a grownup is that a person must soldier on.  Besides, there are people quite dear to me who have had a Much Worse Day, and it ill becomes me to whine.  Thus the comforting pastime of experimenting with […]

Market report

May 11, 2010

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Big news at the market.  Russ and Donna have sprung for scanners for heaven’s sake.  Word has it that the hifalutin’ technology will be installed this week.  The character of the market will be changed forever.  The way it is now, customers from Away will heft a bag of dogfood onto the counter, barcode face up, confident […]

Brisk and breezy

May 8, 2010

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This is what it looked like this afternoon at our favorite overlook.  No s#%@ here, but plenty of Weather.  (There was snow and sleet over in Alba and down in Cadillac and up and down I-75.  I’m glad I decided not to go to Detroit for Mother’s Day.  I’m glad Joanne and Tom are resting peacefully […]

Noisy wedding receptions and a Special Hearing on May 13

May 8, 2010

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OK, here’s the deal.  Everyone who reads Torch Lake Views who is likely to care about the matter already knows about the Great A-Ga-Ming Wedding Reception Controversy.  It has dragged on now for more than two years, and a great many of us are heartily sick of the whole thing.  That does not mean that […]

Signs you might be Up North

April 28, 2010

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The trilliums are in full bloom.  Hundreds of them flow over the drumlins, staking their claim to the land.  Cars and trucks with For Sale signs stuck in the windows sprout along the highway.  Optimists polish up the family buggy, slap a price and a phone number on it, park it out front of the […]

Freedom: Verse I

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