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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
There is no snow
I was sure I would wake up this morning and have a freshly-dusted sparkly world to photograph for you. Ha. The sleet I drove through to get home last night is all melted away. It never turned to snow. There is no snow. I emphasize this because I can tell from the searches that bring […]
Donkey-patting Philistines and notions of beauty
November 29, 2009
Whenever I go to Detroit I like to go adventuring with my cousin Craig. I let him pick the adventure. He keeps up better. This time we visited the Detroit Institute of Arts to see the Richard Avedon retrospective. As you might guess, haute couture is not a big priority at the Writing Studio and […]
Posted in: Postcards
Then again, maybe there are some secrets in Torch Lake Township
November 26, 2009
On Sunday Cora Stoppert and I wandered down to Elk Rapids for brunch at Java Jones and a little window-shopping. We couldn’t resist going into Harbor Antiques and ended up spending a good hour looking at furniture, china, tin toys, oil paintings, vintage clothing, dolls, mysterious tools, wooden fishing lures, jewelry . . . look! […]
Posted in: Day trips in Northern Michigan, Torch Lake memories
Katherine’s chickadee
November 25, 2009
I’ve been watching little patches of blue float past and thinking how the little patches of sunlight that follow them cheer me right up. Then I opened my email. Katherine’s been watching the birds outside her window and musing about the spelling of gray—or grey. So. Black and white photo. Shades of gray, or grey, […]
Happy Thanksgiving from Babs
November 23, 2009
Babs Young went looking for a last little dab of fall color and found this. She writes: Most of the leaves are gone, but I managed to find these in East Jordan today. Not sure what type of tree they are from, but the color is good. I’ll be in Ohio next week, so no […]
Posted in: Babs Young photos
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
December 1, 2009
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