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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
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By the light of the silvery aurora
There is nothing I love more than storycatching, and of all the stories that come my way the ones that intrigue me the most offer a glimpse into the creative process. There I was wide awake at dark-thirty Saturday morning, mousing around on the computer looking for something absorbing to take me out of my […]
Treasure Scout on the loose
October 13, 2012
This year’s holiday exhibit at the Elk Rapids Historical Museum is Treasures from the Toy Chest, and I am the Treasure Scout. Linda Pillsbury drew me a map. Linda knows everyone in Elk Rapids, and her mother knows their mothers. By the time we’re through you will be dazzled. Last week, for example, I went […]
The bear on River Street
October 10, 2012
You know you're Up North when a bear stands by a cross-walk on the main street in town and everyone thinks it's just dandy.
We fish, therefore we are
October 6, 2012
Soon enough I will be grousing about s*** and fuel bills. But just for now . . . let's go fishing.
Glory be
October 5, 2012
Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I had pressing business in Charlevoix today. Nevertheless, we made a detour along the ribbon road to the top of the second ridge, parked the car next to the centennial barn, and fled into the afternoon.
Sixteen pasties
October 4, 2012
Cora Stoppert has been having a bit of trouble with carpal tunnel syndrome, and went off to the surgeon for some repairs. The first hand is done. "I can knit again," she announced cheerfully, "but I don't have the strength to cut up rutabagas for pasties."
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 
October 14, 2012
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