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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
Playing with light
Going to the laundromat is one of those things a person cannot avoid. I know. I’ve tried. There are, however, good ways to use the downtime between Sort, Load and Fold, should a person be provident enough to bring a camera along. Behold the Ice. Can’t you just imagine what it must have been like […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
This table is reserved
February 15, 2010
Babs and I had made plans to meet for breakfast at Sonny’s this morning. At the appointed hour—and there’s a miracle all by itself—I arrived. Babs was going in the door as I hit the parking lot. By the time I got to the table there was a cup of coffee for me, a Mountain […]
Posted in: Babs Young photos, Everything else on Torch Lake Views
Foxy lady
February 14, 2010
Tonight while I was out hobbling in the wake of the Disreputable Duo, Babs was busy in her magical laboratory. On my return from the wild darkness of Michigan Trail, I found her weekly email. She wrote: Since it is Valentine’s Day, I will call this Foxy Lady. I’m not much of a wild life […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Babs Young photos
A heart of stone
February 14, 2010
I started out to make a Valentine, using this image from the archives. I collect heart-shaped stones and other odd bits of rock: Petoskeys, other fossils, mimetoliths of all kinds. They’re more interesting to look at underwater. Thus the jar, where new acquisitions spend a little time being admired. See the rosy heart? Making a post is like making a […]
Posted in: Holidays in Torch Lake Township
Miss Sadie and the Cowboy star on YouTube
February 13, 2010
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 […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Up North in Michigan
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 […]
Carsten in Denmark
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