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Raising the roof up in Banks Township
I am drawn to Banks Township in a general way. It is full of high ridges with sweeping views of the Bay, ribbon roads flowing past good farms, and people who are determined to work together. On Saturday, September 24, the Banks Township Hall in Ellsworth will be absolutely irresistible.
Norton Bretz: Leaving Eastport Thursday
September 14, 2011
If you are from Around Here you undoubtedly trotted right over to TLV to see what on earth was going on at the north end of Torch Lake that would make Norton Bretz of all people even think about leaving Eastport, particularly on a Thursday. (The title I was going to use to lure those of you from Away was "Naked Monkeys of Central Michigan" but I didn't want to wade through all the spam.)
Excellent treats for the mind
September 13, 2011
I don't usually wish I could be 18 again. I remember too well all the hard lessons that lay in store for me. (I just wish my body could be 18 again. That's the ticket.) The next best thing, it turns out, is to spend a day wandering around a college campus in early September.
Out the flat road to Verdant Ground
September 8, 2011
As you head north on US-31 past the Eastport Market, you come to a road on the left marked Old Dixie Highway. Before promoters hung that name on it, it was just "the flat road"—a place filled with mysteries and old, old stories.
Spuds ‘n’ such
September 6, 2011
Babs, who has been Away, came through Kalkaska on her way back. Of course she stopped. Wouldn't you?
Maybe it’s just me
September 5, 2011
I've been accumulating little bits and pieces that just . . . tickle my funny bone.
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
September 15, 2011
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