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Browsing All Posts filed under »Up North in Michigan«
Hatching good ideas in Detroit and bobcats on the flat road
I could not decide between these subjects and concluded that I did not have to. You get them both, an embarrassment of riches.
Come on over to the Township Hall right now
September 28, 2011
I just remembered what I forgot. If you are from Around Here and you happen to read this before it’s too late, please forgive me. The Torch Lake Township EMS is sponsoring a Health Fair today, Wednesday, from 10 to 4 over at the Township Hall. This is such a good thing, and I am […]
Broadband by Thanksgiving
September 23, 2011
I've seen the trucks out and about. I have waved at The Installer Guys and offered to bring them coffee and promised them a parade when they're done.
Inside the tumbler
September 22, 2011
Do you know about rock tumblers? They’re drums that turn and turn, patiently polishing rocks in a slurry of water and grit. Put in some Petoskey stones and the right combination of water and grit, start it running, and go about your business. Eventually you open it up, rinse off the contents, and admire your […]
Greensky Hill
September 18, 2011
Some Ottawa/Odawa and Chippewa/Ojibwe and Métis families have been Around Here for quite a long time by anybody's standards, tending orchards on the ridges before the Jesuits arrived, mining chert along the bay 2,000 years ago and putting food by in the storage pits on Skegemog Point 10,000 years ago. Then there's newcomer Peter Greensky.
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
September 30, 2011
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