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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
I am in love with an orange truck and the Cowboy and Miss Sadie are pretty fond of it, too
You may recall that I wondered where all our snow was, given the dire predictions of at least ten inches of the stuff late last week. For a time I thought it had been misdirected to the north of England, but in due course it was delivered to Torch Lake Township, just in time to […]
Babs says Old Man Winter is a doll
January 3, 2010
I slipslid home through the snow tonight, climbed up the steps Tom Morrison had blessedly cleared, and opened the latest missive from Babs Young: I will not be getting any holiday cards out for this holiday season, so this will have to serve as my wish for a very Happy New Year to each of […]
Posted in: Artists of Antrim, Babs Young photos
Not to complain or anything, but where’s the snow?
January 2, 2010
For two days the Weather Widget and the radio news reporters have been predicting that we will have ten inches of new snow by this afternoon. So for two days I’ve stayed pretty close to home, puttering around, walking the dogs, gazing into the fire, catching up on my reading, cooking—Me! Cooking!—waiting for the snow […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
People, people – it’s only a number!
January 1, 2010
As a culture we tend to obsess about Significant Milestones. The passing of a year, a decade, a century. (Remember Y2K hysteria?) When you come right down to it, as we always do, all the numbers are arbitrary. Calendars are the creations of human beings, not Mama Nature. She does things in her own good […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
A deep map of Eastport
December 31, 2009
Just when you think there’s nothing to write about, a reader’s email starts a long chain of associations that leads you to William Least Heat-Moon’s PrairyEarth (a deep map). The post isn’t written—not by a long shot—but you have some little ideas and no clue where they’ll lead. Let’s begin with the email: Helping my […]
Posted in: Torch Lake memories, Up North in Michigan
Carsten in Denmark
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January 4, 2010
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