I continue to revel in what I’ve decided to call Local Summer: that golden time, right after the company goes home, when we kick off our shoes and relax. On Tuesday I visited the tiny park at the north end of Torch Lake. Its official name is most likely the DNR Eastport Torch Lake Access, […]
I love fishing lures. Comes of hanging out at Amanda Campbell’s father’s bait shop in Rhinelander a hundred years ago. So when Chris Szejbach showed me a picture of the newest puzzle from Puzzles that Rock, I was hooked. Lures and Legends will be on sale at Sonny’s Torch Lake Market and other fine emporia […]
People have asked about this banner on US 31. Here is what I know that I will tell you. Ben and Callie went to school together, to 4-H together, and to college together. “Ben” is Ben Cupp. He wanted to marry Callie, so he caused the banner to be made and unfurled it some time […]
The weekend was perfect, wasn’t it? I have lots to tell you about Saturday, but no time to write, so I’ll just show you what I was up to on Sunday. If these images don’t persuade you that it’s still summer, there’s just no hope for you. I had a nice cruise on Torch Lake in the […]
Babs just had the best time last weekend. She wrote: This seems to be my month to sail. There were 5 or 6 tall ships in Traverse City this weekend for the first Michigan Schooner Festival, so for about $45.00 anyone was able to ride on one these for about two hours. I went out […]
Signs abound that The Season is over. The week before school opens tourists with children vanish. Over at Pine Hill Nursery there are hundreds of mums in every color imaginable, and some beautiful little saplings in full scarlet regalia. It’s a good time to plant trees, but too late to go to the Garden Cafe. […]
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