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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
The Tomatoes Are In
This has been a bad year for tomatoes, and I have suffered. I love tomatoes. Crave them. Remember eating them right from the garden, with the sun still on them, back when they were tomatoes. Sometimes I settle for less than true tomato-ness because even the semblance of the real thing is better than nothing […]
Posted in: Local foods
Babs goes to the Artists Gathering in Bellaire
August 24, 2009
Babs writes: This is a small cottage on the grounds of the Bellaire Bed and Breakfast. It is a wonderful B & B where the Jordan River Arts Council held an Artists Gathering this past week. Check out the Arts Council’s new website. Seems like the perfect place for a nice tea party. Inquiring minds […]
Posted in: Babs Young photos
Daytrip: Traverse City on a rainy evening
August 23, 2009
When an old friend from Detroit said she’d be in town with her daughter and son-in-law and the grandchildren, I said I would meet her. This, after all, is a woman with whom I shared carpooling duties back in the day when our kids were little and she was working on her Masters and my […]
Posted in: Day trips in Northern Michigan
Planning to have fun, Chapter One: Pickleball and goose poop
August 22, 2009
It was a drizzly day at the Day Park, and everywhere else in the County as far as I can tell, but the intrepid Torch Lake Township Recreation Plan Committee was undeterred. We would go ahead with the Public Input Session (which we had cleverly named Lemonade in the Park to entice people to come—sort […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Torch Lake Township government
Storm warnings
August 22, 2009
I had business in Elk Rapids today, and decided to tack on a stroll around town. It was a great day to inspect the harbor, as all the boats were huddled right there where you could see them. I wonder why . . . Then over to the other side of town, where the Elk River […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Day trips in Northern Michigan
Market report: Corn’s in! Done shakin’ cherries. Time to roast a peach.
August 21, 2009
Some people get tweets from their commodities traders. You get the FAQs board from King’s and the news heard at the Eastport Market. You are fortunate indeed. Local corn is coming in, and is it good. Bolts corn at the Eastport Market, Shooks corn at the little roadside stand on M-88, King corn at the […]
Posted in: Local foods
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
August 26, 2009
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