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Never too many apples
I've been holding out on you. I know you've been worried, what with the failure of the cherry crop—and the peaches and the apricots and the hay and the honey—that we'd be wasting away Around Here.
Sailing, sailing, over the bounding bay . . . .
September 30, 2012
Babs writes: Saturday I went sailing on the Tall Ship Manitou. We were out for a couple of hours on the West Bay of Grand Traverse Bay. It’s easy to see that it was a beautiful day. There was a wind and a good time. Well I guess so. September is a fine time to […]
Next up, flying monkeys?
September 23, 2012
Babs is intrepid. She has been out and about in these perilous times. She writes: We have had very strange weather up here this week. Lots of Rainbows, rain, hail, and wonderful clouds. The sun is shining one minute and it’s raining the next. You gotta love Michigan. Well . . . I do love […]
Out of plein air
August 27, 2012
Back in the 19th century some enterprising manufacturers devised pre-mixed oil pigments and portable easels. Enterprising artists carted these excellent supplies out into the wilds and began to paint light. They’ve been painting en plein air ever since. In the process they defined the way we dream about our country. Recently photographer Babs Young joined other artists […]
Un-moose at leisure
June 30, 2012
Bruce Laidlaw was out and about along M-88 and stopped to admire the elk at Conant's Maplehurst Farms . . . which are definitely not moose but do answer to wapiti or omashkooz.
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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