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Dear Birds: Please visit Torch Lake Township. The banquet is open.

July 5, 2008

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This mayfly landed on the front door on the last day of June and was still there the next day. Since she’s much more attractive than the junebugs that are all over the place, I thought I’d post her as the emblem of the invasion. Ever since it stopped snowing (sometime in mid-June as I […]

Straighten Up and Fly Right – a belated Fathers Day post featuring pancakes and planes

June 25, 2008

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I sent this Fathers Day card to Dad and called him, too – but the post I intended in honor of all the Dads who take their daughters fishing with safety pins tied to wooden rulers (or with pikepoles and pistols if they’re after muskies) – that post got lost in the rush of events. OK, […]

This weekend in Torch Lake Township: Stone Circle opens its 25th season

June 20, 2008

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I’ve only been going to Stone Circle for eight years, but Terry Wooten, Louan Lechler, Jim Ribby and a revolving cast of poets, storytellers, songwriters, court jesters and dysfunctional lovers have been at it for a quarter of a century.  Beginning tomorrow, June 21, they’ll be there every Saturday night, from 9:00 until midnight or until the poets fall asleep around […]

Torch Lake vs Petoskey

June 12, 2008

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My blogging software says someone found Torch Lake Views by searching “torch lake vs petoskey” on Google. I got to thinking about it – what, exactly, did the searcher have in mind??? So I decided to explain the differences here, just in case anyone else is unclear on these matters. Petoskey: a town in northern […]

Police Blotter

June 12, 2008

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By now everyone in the Township knows that petty criminals burgled the Eastport Market on Tuesday night. The little tortfeasors stole liquor and cigarettes and lottery tickets and videos – well, video cases anyway – along with a chunk of peace of mind. The damage they did to the store will be fixed in short […]

Post Pantry: Michael and Me, Diving for Guns in Torch Lake, and Staying out of Jail

June 5, 2008

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You know those weeks when you’ve been really busy at work and you buy carryout until you’re sick of it and the refrigerator is full of unidentifiable lumps of things and the kids are crabby and hungry and you don’t really want to cook from scratch? You know those things you keep in the pantry […]