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A bow to the Goldsworthy of Flandrum Hill

April 3, 2009

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And now time out for more blogger playtime.  You will recall that our U.P. neighbor Kathy held a scavenger hunt on Opening the door, walking outside—wherein the team of Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I were first to return with the required items, thus winning the prize for being on time, which set people to […]

Don’t blame Dale

April 2, 2009

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After that pile of snow fell on our heads last weekend, a number of us rushed to judgment. “It’s Dale Reedy,” we muttered. “He took the plow off his truck too soon.” We are a superstitious people in the Township. Dale swore he would never take the plow off before May, but we had our […]

From Antrim County to County Cork, County Kerry and County Clare, with love

March 30, 2009

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Photographer D. James Galbraith lived in the northern reaches of Antrim County, Michigan, and in a lot of other places, too.  He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his work documenting the intimate life of a small town in Livingston County, Michigan (Hartland: Change in the Heart of America). Galbraith loved to travel in Ireland, […]

Scrubbing our pretty face before The Season

March 28, 2009

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I’m on a mission. Poor little Eastport, while admittedly not the most photogenic part of the Township, comes off very badly on Google’s mapping “street view.” Take a look at the intersection of US 31 and M 88. This is the image that greets visitors all over the world if they search Google Maps for […]

Who’s a rural character?

March 27, 2009

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We’re engaged in a great debate in the Township about who we want to be.  We’re pretty sure we want to “maintain our rural character,” and as the designated Character of suburban Eastport, I am glad to hear it.  But what does that mean exactly?  A community of lakefront retreats?  An agricultural horn o’ plenty?  An […]

Along the northern frontier

March 25, 2009

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I’ll bet when you hear “Border Town” you think of dusty places in the Southwest, facing each other across the Rio Grande, full of Border Patrol vans driven by guys in black sunglasses.  You probably don’t think of the northern lakes and rivers that frame Michigan so attractively.  But here we are, snuggled up to Ontario, hockey-loving, auto-building voyageurs linked forever by ties […]

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