It’s been a wonderful month for flowers, indoors and out. I can hardly wait to see what each new day will bring. Yesterday it was the first trilliums. This morning it was my birthday bouquet, lit by the sun pouring through the kitchen window and looking lovely even though it’s been around awhile. I like […]
There’s a new theme at WordPress that I like a lot, and I thought I’d experiment. Besides, I was having car trouble and I had some time to kill. It was this or do housework. If you have a little minute to go look at the rough draft, I’d like to know what you think. […]
American Iliad Last night I went to Jim Ribby’s performance at the old Township Hall in Elk Rapids. If you were there, you know why I’m glad I went. If you missed it, here’s a little glimpse. For two hours, Jim took us back to the fields of wartime Ohio, the battlegrounds of Tennessee, the […]
The Washington Post informs me that sophisticated foodies have been flim-flammed with respect to their caviar and their sheep’s milk cheese. Turns out they have been eating the eggs of Mississippi paddlefish and the milk of cows, while paying for the more expensive alternatives. OK, so the first question that comes leaping to mind is […]
Rob the Firefighter was at work last night when the health care reform vote finished up, so that’s where I reached him on his cellphone. The firefighters had just finished picking up lines at a false alarm, so we got to talk as they rode back to the firehouse. I tell you what, moms in […]
Earlier this evening I took the long way home from Charlevoix, winding along the Flat Road. There, across from the Antrim Creek Natural Area, the land rises. Along the ridge, the old tombstones of the Antrim City cemetery look out over Grand Traverse Bay. After a couple of weeks of sunshine and warmth, we are […]
April 19, 2010
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