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Blackout followed by whiteout – snowbirds stranded

January 19, 2012

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We are gathered in the warmest part of the house finishing the last crumbs of our breakfast and chewing the ice balls off our toes. We stayed up very late last night . . .

To touch the hand that held the axe that felled the tree for the cabin

January 18, 2012

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Tuesday morning I headed down to the south end of the Township and followed the 45th Parallel out Coleman Road to a Centennial Farm.

Found objects

January 15, 2012

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It took me almost all day for the notion to penetrate, but it finally came to me. The correspondents for the Central Lake Torch and other weekly newspapers were bloggers in spirit. They would have been bloggers in fact if they'd had internet, but they were still working on rural electricity.

A proper January morning

January 13, 2012

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We can all relax now. It has snowed in January.

Tenacity, endurance, and a 150 mile bike ride

January 8, 2012

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Charley perched on a bicycle in a straw boater and a bow tie for the studio publicity photo. A born salesman. No picture of Ray high-tailing it over the drumlins on his way to Petoskey.

Here we go ’round the mulberry bush

January 6, 2012

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It's getting embarrassing. Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I are united in our resolve.