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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
Browsing All Posts filed under »Holidays in Torch Lake Township«
Holiday Greetings from Babs and Betty Jo
Babs Young sent you a bonus – a greeting card in gingerbread no less. Her house lends itself to this treatment, don’t you think? I am inspired. Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I plan to make a model of the Writing Studio and Bait Shop with graham crackers and Betty Crocker frosting. If we succeed, […]
To light or not to light
December 24, 2008
Reading Heather Uphilldowndale’s post about priceless family heirlooms and Danish Christmas customs reminded me to tell you this story. This year Rob the Firefighter and Alicia the Architect decided to shift from Severely Contemporary Tree to Kitschy Traditional Tree. Naturally they turned to me for advice. Where could they find Swedish Christmas ornaments? In my attic of […]
Morning lights
December 23, 2008
A lot of people in the Township get up at dark-thirty on winter mornings to go to work, and thank goodness for them. They turn on the lights all along our little patch of US-31, casting a warm glow. Here’s what it was like earlier—much earlier—today: The big mail truck pulled up at the Post […]
Festival of Lights
December 22, 2008
Last night was the first night of Chanukah. The lighted menorah flickers in the window every night for eight nights, celebrating . . . well, that depends on who you ask. History is complex, and the battles between Hellenes and Hasmoneans occurred a long time ago. Everyone agrees, though, that it’s a very good time to be […]
Long night’s journey into day
December 21, 2008
I arrived home late on this long night to find this from Babs: This has been a beautiful week. Very cold, lots of snow and great for taking photographs. It’s hard to know which to send. On Saturday morning it was almost zero when I got up with a blue sky and bright sun. Thus […]
Season of light
December 21, 2008
Outside the Writing Studio and Bait Shop the land is deep in snow and the earliest dark of the year is gathering. Indoors we’ve lit a fire and heated up some of Sonny’s Swedish sausage. We need comfort at the Winter Solstice. We get cranky. Too introspective for our own good. A couple years ago […]
Books in Northport
- I don't have much to say.
- It's all in here: the sublime, silly, dangerous, petty, too cute for words, and a shed tear.
- From the Tenth to the Twelfth
- Goodbye, November. Hello, Winter!
- Gratitude and Death
- Deer Season, Among Books
- Time’s Wingèd Chariot
- Looking and Looking and Looking!
- Color/Light and Home in Autumn
- Turn, Turn, Turn
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
December 24, 2008
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