Work in progress

February 22, 2013

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Extraordinary things happen in our little township. In fact they happen so frequently as to be . . . almost ordinary. On my way up to the second ridge to commune with the wolves, which is a whole ‘nother story all by itself, I happened to pass a new construction zone. This is good news, […]

Posted in: Artists of Antrim, Things to do in Torch Lake Township, Up North in Michigan

At least Babs is taking care of business

February 21, 2013

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During my protracted absence from the blogosphere, Babs Young soldiered on, documenting the winter of 2013 so that generations hence may be suitably awed by what we put up with back in the Olden Times. This of course assumes that these posts will survive that long in a form that can be read by future […]

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Posted in: Babs Young photos, Up North in Michigan

The Weatherman weighs in

February 20, 2013

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Bruce Laidlaw read yesterday’s post, which featured a careful selection of Sunny Winter Day images from earlier in the month. Then he looked outside his window at the thrashing Bay, and replied: Thanks for the new post. Things looked so nice. You couldn’t take those photos today. It’s blowing 35 [mph] here and it has […]

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Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Letters from the Weatherman, Up North in Michigan

As we were saying

February 19, 2013

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It has been a trying winter at the Writing Studio and Bait Shop, but I see no reason to drag you through the worst of it with the rest of us.  I believe I’m going to show you some of the best parts instead.  How about if we start with these snapshots, proof that a […]

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Posted in: Up North in Michigan

Where’s Heckle?

January 14, 2013

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Do you remember Heckle and Jeckle? They were, for those of you too young to remember such things, Terrytoons characters featured in movie and TV cartoons and comic books from the 1940s up until 1980 or so. I guess they were supposed to be magpies. I always thought they were crows, which is why I […]

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Posted in: Babs Young photos, Everything else on Torch Lake Views

The sun in winter

January 8, 2013

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I confess that winters in northern Michigan tend to be mostly black and white and lovely shades of grey. We make up for it by wearing a lot of red and lighting fires in the woodstove. On sunny days, we rock out. I had it in mind to show you several examples, but I neglected […]

Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Babs Young photos

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