Lucky 7 for Good Sam

August 11, 2009

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You don’t need me to tell you we are in Challenging Times, but for some of our neighbors these are really Disastrous Times and it’s possible you do need me to tell you that, on account of some kinds of pain are more or less invisible to the rest of the world. The food pantries […]

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Babs takes you behind the scenes at JRAC

August 10, 2009

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Babs Young has been over in East Jordan all weekend working on the installation of the current JRAC show. She writes: This is the hand of Chris Allen-Wickler carefully placing another of the 1000+ rocks in her Big Heart sculpture on a wall at the Jordan River Arts Council. Each rock has had a groove […]

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Outsider Art from the Writing Studio and Bait Shop

August 8, 2009

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Over at the Jordan River Arts Council in East Jordan a new show opens on Sunday, August 9. It will be a “soft opening” as the reception will not take place until the following Saturday, but that gives you an opportunity to sneak over and see the show now so that you can contribute sparkling […]

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People in spandex, flying pigs, and a penguin in chili – August in Torch Lake Township

August 7, 2009

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This week the League of Michigan Bicyclists is having a nice little ride up the west coast of Michigan.  About 360 people left Montague on Sunday in the driving rain, headed for Mackinaw City. The skies cleared, another 71 riders joined the trek in Traverse City on Wednesday, and all 400+ poured into Torch Lake Township at […]

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Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Day trips in Northern Michigan, Recipes, Things to do in Torch Lake Township

The cat, the eagle, the sunset – just an ordinary Wednesday near Barnes Park

August 6, 2009

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While I was entombed at the day job catching the merest glimpses of golden evening light, Bruce Laidlaw was strolling the beach in his flip-flops, camera in hand. This morning he sent an email. Had I, he inquired, happened to see this fellow soaring above the Bay at sunset? Well no, I thought grumpily, I […]

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Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Letters from the Weatherman

Red potato, blue potato . . .

August 5, 2009

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I like doing stories for the local papers.  They generally involve daytrips where I meet interesting people and see wonderful things.  Here, for example, you have a bucket full of lovely spuds. Those red, white fingerling and blue potatoes grew on Caroline LaVanway’s farm on Coeling Road north of Ellsworth.  Her son Phillip and grandson, young Phillip, dug […]

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Posted in: Day trips in Northern Michigan, Local foods

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