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Miss Sadie and the Cowboy star on YouTube
Do you remember when Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I joined Loreen Niewenhuis for part of her trek around Lake Michigan? She finished the journey last September and is now at work on her book. Meanwhile, she’s stitched together photos from her adventure into a series of videos. We are featured players in the one […]
In which I depend upon the kindness of strangers
February 12, 2010
As I write this, I am pleasantly full of lamb curry. Miss Sadie and the Cowboy are dozing in front of the wall furnace. I have a glass of a nice red table wine from Spain. I have a carrot muffin in reserve for my breakfast. My printer has a fresh toner cartridge. My bank […]
Weather report: Bright, beautiful, and blankety-blank cold
February 7, 2010
Babs Young inspected the Bay and found it icing up nicely. She wrote: It was a beautiful day in the North. Grand Traverse Bay was sporting lots of color and texture. After temperatures down around zero last night, ice is forming quickly. I’ll say it’s been cold. My dishwasher detergent froze in the cabinet under […]
A snowshoe party on Chandler Hill
February 7, 2010
Nancy and Glenn live over in Chandler Township, Charlevoix County–a community that makes Torch Lake Township look positively urban. Today they had a chili and snowshoe/cross-country party. Had a good day for it, too. They served venison chili and vegetarian chili and cookies and brownies and blueberry cake. People brought side dishes and more desserts. There was fine sock-footed conversation […]
Northern twilight
January 31, 2010
Winter twilight, with the tall pines dark against the sunset, the Bay frozen quiet below, is a fine reason to live along the shores of the Great Lakes. I understand why people might prefer to be in Florida or Arizona wearing shorts. Heck, a couple of days ago I wanted to be in Florida myself. […]
Wintershapes and the best-laid plans
January 12, 2010
Instead of chasing dust bunnies and scouring the bathtub I’ve been making a collage of soothing images. I became so absorbed in the pastime that I completely forgot to go to the UTLA potluck, which is a shame, as the people who bring hot dishes know what they are doing in the kitchen. It’s easy […]
Books in Northport
- Changing Moods of Northern Michigan
- Scenes & Thoughts From Life & Lit
- Where I've Been Lately
- Spring in Warwickshire, Winter Continues in Leelanau
- Michigan Winter-Spring
- A few books, a few words
- Bookstores, Libraries, Paperbacks, and Hope
- Going Places
- I’ve just been living my life.
- Good News, Good Deeds, Neighbors
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
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