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Letters from Katy Newman: Haunted by the dear deer

January 3, 2009

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Katy is among the many Torch Lake Township residents who have two homes, one here and one Downstate or in Florida or in Ohio of all places.  Katy has been Downstate recently, and has been taking pictures of the deer in her suburban yard. First she wrote, These are some of my suburban deer that keep […]

A camel in Antrim County

December 14, 2008

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Treasures come to me through this blog.  I feel rich every time I open a new letter from Katy or Katherine or Babs or Donna or Beth . . . Today Katy Edwards Newman writes:  Somewhere in the back of my memory, there was a camel in our barn (not surprising considering my mother’s bent). I […]

Letters from Katy: Ancestral portraits

October 18, 2008

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There was a note from Katy Newman in today’s mail:  “My cattail ancestors: Note the old man in the middle of the photo . . . he is the patriarch I believe.”    I cropped and enlarged the photo, so the patriach is now a little left of center (you see how I am) and […]

Letters from Katy: A sign

September 19, 2008

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Some days I just look for a sign to keep on keeping on. I walked out onto my porch and this beautiful creature greeted me . . . . Katy I’m pretty sure Katy’s beautiful creature is a praying mantis, one of the bugs the Michigan Department of Agriculture calls a “Good Bug.” The MDA […]

Letters from Katy: Waterspout on the Bay (Tornado on the Torch?)

September 7, 2008

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Just a little while ago Katy Newman wrote: I know that you collect rainbows…this funnel shaped cloud (waterspout?) appeared out my bedroom window this afternoon. Then she attached a sequence of four photos. (See the gallery below-click to enlarge any image.) Here’s an enlarged detail of her fourth photo:  

Letter from Katy: Monday Morning at Bayview Farm

August 4, 2008

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Katy is busy.  August is not vacation time on the farm.  But she stole a moment for herself this morning, and very kindly shares it with us.

Freedom: Verse I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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