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No foolin’ – Spring busting out in East Jordan

April 1, 2012

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Babs Young writes:  Spring has arrived at the Jordan River Arts Council. Florescence opened today to a big crowd. There are over 100 art works inside. If you are in the area please stop by. Besides the paintings and sculptures and fiberworks of all kinds, there are some nifty bags sporting Margie Guyot paintings. I […]

Good things come in surprise packages

March 30, 2012

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First came a call from Betty Beeby. She had some books to donate to the Wilkinson Museum. Would I like to come over and inventory them for the museum’s collection? Well yes I would. Any opportunity to paw through Betty’s stash of Eastport Stuff is bound to lead to adventure. One of the books she […]

Stubborn optimism

March 29, 2012

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Yesterday John King posted Weather Challenges, another of his informative musings on orchardry in Antrim County. Are they out of the woods over at King's? Nope. Is there reason for hope? Of course. (I believe the Antrim County Farmer's motto is I farm, therefore I hope.)

Too soon

March 25, 2012

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I look forward to things each year. Clouds of steam from the sugaring, the disappearance of the ice, the first tiny wildflowers. And then – the glory of the orchards. But not now . . . oh no! It’s too soon . . . Babs Young writes: What a difference another week makes. There are […]

Tour of inspection – Grand Traverse Bay

March 25, 2012

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The warm weather held through Saturday, and it was a great relief to go down to the beach with the dogs and stop thinking about Stuff for awhile. We walked a long way. Miss Sadie did some spin-dancing, the Cowboy did some rolling, I inspected. Lake, check. Sand, check. Rocks, check. So far so good.

Would you like to swing on a star, be-doomp, be-doomp

March 21, 2012

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Remember that song? Carrying moonbeams home in a jar always sounded really appealing, sort of like having whole galaxies of lightning bugs to read by. I'm just humming, pay no attention. We can edit it out in post.