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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
A-tisket, a-tasket, a tiny treasure basket
Nora Metz and I had breakfast at Sonny’s on Sunday, where we admired the finished mural and discovered two new puzzles—but this post is not about that. We took a little Sunday drive through Banks Township, Nora pointing out where the Evans farm, the Maple Hill School, and Bobby Woolverton’s house used to be—but this […]
Posted in: Antrim County history
Babs revisits the sunset
March 28, 2010
One of my alltime favorite Babs Young photos was taken from this vantage point. Now she’s back, working with a whole new palette. As she says, who can resist a sunset like this on Essex Road? And this time she caught the gleam in the barn window.
Posted in: Babs Young photos
Wireless cards in the drumlins: Not ready for prime time
March 26, 2010
All of us have been keeping a hopeful eye on this tower. It belongs to Verizon Wireless, and rumors have been rife that it might actually make it possible for more of us to have both adequate cellphone service and that holy grail of modern communication, high-speed internet. OK, moderate-speed internet, but keep in mind […]
Posted in: Up North in Michigan
Pelican lunchbox
March 26, 2010
Chris Szejbach has unaccountably been in Florida while all the excitement is going on at Sonny’s. She’ll be back tomorrow, but meanwhile she sent us a postcard: She writes: Check out this pelican looking for lunch in Mom’s beak! Don’t include me in the amazing photographer list either. We were at a bird sanctuary today. I […]
Posted in: Letters from Chris
A new window on Torch Lake
March 25, 2010
For those of you who played along with our little contest, here are the answers to the questions, along with an update from this afternoon’s followup visit. As a couple of you surmised, the new mural in Torch Lake Township is going up on the wall at Sonny’s Torch Lake Market, right where I can […]
Posted in: Artists of Antrim
A little surprise, and a contest to brighten March Mudness
March 23, 2010
This is a little surprise for you, and a little mystery, and a little game, all rolled into one. A Michigan muralist whose work has appeared in national publications is at work in Torch Lake Township. The new work is just beginning to emerge. Here are some glimpses of the early stages of the process. There […]
Posted in: Artists of Antrim
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
March 29, 2010
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