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Rocky Top future blowing in the wind
I stopped at Rocky Top to buy some jam and ran into Tom Cooper, which was a good thing, as I had some questions. Tom and Ruthie are the owners of Rocky Top Farms, so he was well supplied with answers. I wanted to know how “Busted Knee” Cherry Salsa got its name. It seems […]
There are no secrets in Torch Lake Township
September 15, 2009
People have asked about this banner on US 31. Here is what I know that I will tell you. Ben and Callie went to school together, to 4-H together, and to college together. “Ben” is Ben Cupp. He wanted to marry Callie, so he caused the banner to be made and unfurled it some time […]
Pig rides $2.00
September 5, 2009
Some things are inexplicable. Spike-heeled pumps. Organic cigarettes. A pink plaster pig in a hula skirt and plastic lei. That last is a piece of yard art I spotted on Best Road north of Ellsworth. It bears a hand-lettered sign: Pig rides $2.00. So far as I could tell, it is not fitted for use […]
You woke me up for this?
September 4, 2009
I have been musing on the nature of Public Discourse. The largest headline in today’s Record-Eagle says Summer’s End: Students get in last bit of fun. Must be a slow news day. Then there’s the sage advice on the business pages. An AP story advises that dollar stores are Not always a deal and that […]
Solving the world’s problems
August 30, 2009
When I was young, I could see clear solutions to a great many of the world’s problems. Now that I am older than dirt, my vision has been tempered by the numerous scratches that have accumulated on my glasses lenses. Or something. Nevertheless, I hold fast to my core convictions. One of these is that there […]
Letter from Katherine: Another wedding on Torch Lake
August 18, 2009
Katherine writes: On Saturday cousin Liz’s son John Evans and his girlfriend Marlana Verbeck got hitched. You may know John, he works at Barnes Park during the summer and in the winter he is in a PhD program in North Carolina. Marlana is studying to become a science teacher at the high school level. It […]
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