Ice fishing on Torch Lake

February 21, 2010

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Babs writes:  It was a beautiful day here so the fisherpeople were out without cover. I think the dude in the middle is about to reel in a big one. He was one of the lucky few.  Ice-fishing diehards tromped into the market all weekend, buying carryout fried chicken and prime rib because they had no […]

With apologies to Robert Frost

February 21, 2010

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We’ve had a string of fine sunny days, and I feel compelled to commit doggerel. The dogs have roused me from my dreams Of deep blue Bay and frozen streams Of giant muskies in Torch Lake Beneath the ice that groans and gleams Miss Sadie gives the leash a shake “We need to go! Make […]

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The sweetest face

February 20, 2010

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This morning’s mail brought a Letter from Katherine: This is Sierra. She is a minature donkey who currently resides at Katy Newman’s farm. I believe she has the cutest face of (almost) anyone I’ve ever done a portrait of. All together now, Awwwwwwww! Even the curmudgeons amongst us must surely melt in the face of […]

Powered by Pie

February 19, 2010

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Earlier this week Betsy King issued an invitation to all her friends and neighbors to come by the farm market for a complimentary piece of pie.  Then Patty Hill repeated the invitation on the Orchard Talk blog.  I figured the place would be mobbed, but it would be worth it.  I have had Rose’s pie.  […]

Blue Pelicans all over the place

February 18, 2010

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So there I was minding my own business—well, Russ and Donna’s business actually—at the Eastport Market when Chris Corbett came in bearing a brown paper sack. Inside was a bottle of the private label riesling that Black Star Farms is bottling for the Blue Pelican, the restaurant and inn that Chris and his wife Merrie […]

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Sadie takes top prize at Westminster, and a reminder from the Cowboy

February 17, 2010

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OK, so it was a different Sadie and a Scottie to boot, but Miss Sadie is basking in reflected glory anyway. It was, after all, a dog named Sadie that took Best in Show at the prestigious competition, and Scotties are, like Miss Sadie, a variety of terrier. Miss Sadie is, perhaps, a greater variety […]