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- Blasted bugs at the TBNP
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- Advent Calendar, Day 1 – An excellent treat
- First night of Chanukah – an excellent treat
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- “Treasures from the Holidays” opens in Elk Rapids
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- Wilkinson Homestead Historical Society
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- ERN – A peek inside the CSB
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- Connie and Gerry Contrive to Stay out of Jail
- Gallery – Fire trucks at IGA
- The Great Bike Trek of 2010
- Dennis Orlowski reception at Torch Lake Market
- Odi and Crystal cook for you – slideshow
- Torch Lake Township meets Mongolian cuisine
- Water Under the Bridge: Poems from the Elk Rapids Elders Project
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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
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Out on the edge
Earlier this week I was hiding out in the house whining about the unfavorable weather when Erin Shepley sent a message. “It’s gorgeous out there!” Naturally I pulled back the door quilts and had a look for myself. Doggone. The sun had come out. We headed out into the day. We paid a call at […]
Sunday Morning TLV
February 3, 2014
OK, so I got distracted by Civil War veterans and forgot to press “Publish.” Here you go. Keep in mind that “today” is Sunday and “yesterday” is Saturday and . . . well. You get the idea. Arts and the environment: I rely on my daily poem from Writer’s Almanac the way I rely on […]
Saved by a Geezer
February 1, 2014
Our winter continues. Each day begins with clearing the steps. Each day ends with clearing the steps. In between we shovel out the mailbox, because we are fond of snail mail and paper news. Miss Sadie and the Cowboy do not even ask to go for rides. They retire to the dog room for a […]
The Weatherman delivers news and cookies
January 25, 2014
Bruce the Weatherman is a versatile sort of man. On Friday he drove through a blizzard to deliver some of Andi’s homemade cookies to the Writing Studio and Bait Shop. Then he sent a Weather Report that I know all you snowbirds will enjoy. He wrote: The impressive cold has had me watching the ice […]
Polish Pasties
January 14, 2014
Back in October I trotted into the Eastport Market in search of seasonal treats. My head was thinking “chocolate” but my nose was sniffing . . . onions? Simmering in butter? Pierogis??? Shades of my beloved Detroit, where Polish delicacies are turned out by grandmothers in Hamtramck restaurants and church ladies at St. Florian’s and […]
Dean Peters is my hero
January 7, 2014
Miss Sadie and the Cowboy woke me up at 7:30 this morning with a polite low growl from herself and a blast of doggie breath from you-know-who. It’s time to get up and make our breakfast, they said. It’s impossible to argue with a terrier and a spaniel at the same time. You’re right, I said, pulling […]
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 
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