The moment I saw the photo I wanted to know who owned that house, and when the barns were built, and whether that interesting red outbuilding is a repurposed one-room schoolhouse. I remembered exploring Barnard on a summer evening. There was an old cemetery, a church, a Grange Hall. There was a mystery . . . what was it? Something to do with a memorial, something buried . . . I had to go back.
Once upon a time, a long time ago, my grandfather was 16 years old and trying to find a place for himself in the world. Armed with a romantic streak and a love for history, he headed west along the National Road and kept going . . . all the way to the shores of Malheur Lake.
Babs sent this image and wrote, We’ve had lots of good weather this week. Today it was rain, but earlier we had lovely snow. This is in Blue Heaven. We have had exactly the same weather. Fluffy snow followed by sleet followed by rain. I slipped on my stairs and damaged my valuable tailbone and my car […]
The CD release party for Louan Lechler: Live at the Wah is Sunday, January 31 at Sleder's in Traverse City. If you will be Around Here, I recommend you come. There will be excellent treats, musical and otherwise. I don't see how you can go wrong.
When the Torch Lake Cafe closed last summer, a loud wail went up across the Township. Where will we have breakfast??!!?? And Friday fish dinner? And live music with Leanna Collins and friends? Then word went around that Leanna had bought Sneakin’s. That turned out to be true. Pretty soon there was a lot of construction activity going on […]
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