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Things to do, places to go, and a view to rest the weary spirit

December 19, 2009

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It is my habit to retrieve the Record-Eagle at the end of our morning walk, get all of us inside and fed, pour a cup of coffee, and sit down to read every darned thing.* Thus it was that I read this morning’s horoscope: What you see, though it’s nothing unusual, will astound you. You […]

Decorating for the holidays at the Writing Studio and Bait Shop

December 15, 2009

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Last night I took the dogs out at bedtime.  The wind had hushed.  Icicles glittered from the eaves.  But there was something else . . . Snowflakes were caught in spider filaments.  I had never seen anything like this before.  I was enchanted.  I know this last one looks like a plastic ornament from the dimestore, […]

Maintaining rural character

December 13, 2009

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Torch Lake Township, like much of the touristed North Country, is obsessed with maintaining Rural Character.  I am generally in favor of this, as rural areas are where the food is grown, and we all know how I feel about that.  Still, I was surprised when Babs Young told me she had seen a cow […]

Snow up to there and getting stuck in the garage

December 11, 2009

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Cheri Leach and I had planned to get together for breakfast today, but last night she wrote, I don’t know what the roads will be like tomorrow morning, but I am either making up a day in a school OR trying to catch up on paperwork. Let’s look for a time that isn’t so snowy!! […]

Thorns amidst the berries, roses amongst the thorns

December 8, 2009

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As we slide toward the darkest time of the year, we look for reasons to hope. We always find them, blessings mixed in with the thorns of Advisory! Winter storm warning! If the morning walk is a bit nippy, we notice little things we hadn’t seen before. The Cowboy notices deer tracks leading into the […]

Dear Snowbirds: Nope

November 18, 2009

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I can tell from the search terms that you snowbirds want to know just one thing. Has it snowed yet? Well, no, not yet. In fact, today’s a nice sunny day. But I’m not going to show you that, because I have a lot of other things to show you that backed up while I […]

Freedom: Verse I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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