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Browsing All Posts filed under »Everything else on Torch Lake Views«
Firehouse chili
March 9, 2016
Regular readers will have noticed that I have a soft spot in my heart for firefighters, mostly because I raised one. Partly, though, it’s because they show up to do work worth doing when we most want it done. All of this is a prelude to inviting you to the the Torch Lake Fireman’s Association […]
Babs is in Blue Heaven. I am in trouble.
March 7, 2016
Like many people Around Here, Babs Young takes a little bit of northern Michigan with her every time she goes to Florida–which is another thing a lot of people do in February. Not everyone, of course. Not Miss Sadie. Not the Cowboy. Not I. Babs writes: Blue Heaven is both on Torch Lake and in Key […]
The Raven, the Pussycat and the Moose
March 5, 2016
A Raven and a Fat Black Pussycat went into a bar to kiss the Moose. And you thought nothing interesting ever happened Up North in the winter.
Let there be light
March 4, 2016
Every day it grows lighter and lighter. Last night we were up on the second ridge watching the sun set over Grand Traverse Bay–at 6:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. That gave us time to take a picture and still get home before dark. Excellent. This morning we dawdled about, luxuriating in the morning sunshine. […]
Marching on
March 3, 2016
Lots going on but I thought you should have this photo of a storm blowing across Grand Traverse Bay. You may recognize the volcanic formations along the shoreline. The photo is by Andi Laidlaw. The volcano is entirely Mama Nature's doing. Back soon.
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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