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Construction zone

July 13, 2009

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Just some bits and pieces about . . . Damage to the boat ramp at the Day Park.  Here’s the story I did for the Elk Rapids News, plus some photos of the damage and this update: someone made an attempt to fill in the collapsed section by tossing some stones into it. Probably not […]

Antique quilt exhibit opens at the Wilkinson

July 10, 2009

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On Sunday afternoon the Wilkinson Homestead museum in Eastport will hold the opening for “An Indiana Quilt Adventure”—an exhibit of fourteen antique quilts from the Halfaker/Sparks collection owned by Marcia Graham.  I had a little sneak preview on Tuesday, and heard the story of how the quilts came to Michigan.  (This is an expanded version […]

Goin’ for a ride, Intermission: Pennies and Peas

July 10, 2009

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There are a lot of ways to get back to Eastport from Torch River, and I chose to detour through Bellaire.  I needed to run some errands, and the lemon bars at MOKA were calling me.  Inside the lobby at Citizens Bank I grabbed a cup of courtesy coffee to fortify myself for the ordeal of […]

Letter from Katherine, who doesn’t know what to make of this. Me neither.

July 8, 2009

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This in the mail from Katherine today:  Okay, I’m not sure what to say about this. I guess some people have mailboxes and others . . . . have heads on stakes?? We sat next to each other at Norton Bretz’s presentation on the Pearl family Monday, and she’d warned me The Head was coming. […]

Hay Dawg!

July 4, 2009

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Last weekend I was driving past Bargy’s Farm Market when I was captivated by two mysteries.  A tower of baled hay, clearly on its way to becoming something else, stood on the grass. Nearby a teenage girl waved a cardboard sign that I couldn’t read.  I stopped.  Once Ashley had lured me close enough to […]

Accidental art

July 3, 2009

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In the summer I park the car in the driveway, right under the trees, leaving the garage free to accumulate mysterious junk.  Now the trees are leaking sticky stuff.  The windows are smeared.  The left rear door stuck shut.  I have been to the car wash in Elk Rapids twice in the last week.  I […]

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