And now a word about . . . Cherries! Also pizza, a tiny chapel, and a red red barn.

February 13, 2009

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I’ve lollygagged around far too long, and this week’s posts are lamentably short on new material. I can tell you’re bored. You’re back to looking at the milk hauler in the ditch and writing me comments about muskies. Our two days of spring turned back to winter. Daugherty’s castle collapsed. What to do? National Cherry […]

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200 years later and still a hero

February 10, 2009

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Another birthday for Mr. Lincoln Thursday, February 12 will be the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, and I plan to celebrate. With the exception of Bonnie the Beloved of Bob, he is my favorite Republican. The deeper historians dig into his character, the more substance they find. Not that he didn’t make mistakes, or have his […]

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Worlds come to Torch Lake

February 9, 2009

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On Saturday the hardwater sailors began to arrive at Torch Lake, where ten inches of solid ice was slicked with a thin layer of melt that reflected the gray sky. Perfect. They took a few practice runs and worked on their gear. By Sunday morning, the sun had come out and Babs was on the […]

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Thus always to empires

February 8, 2009

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As empires rise, so must they fall. The descendants of the fierce Vikings write blogs about design and rural England and, er, Torch Lake Township.  The Aztec Empire was crushed by the Spanish Empire, which fell before  the British Empire and ultimately before a ragtag bunch of Americans in 1898, leading to a whole school of Spanish […]

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Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Torch Lake memories

Leaning towers of Eastport, pie, and February without Sonny’s

February 5, 2009

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So much to tell you about.  First of all, Daugherty Johnson mentioned that wind and sun had been having their way with his latest sculpture.  I could see that something was up every time I drove by, but as I was always running late (there’s a surprise) I couldn’t stop to investigate.  By the time […]

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Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Day trips in Northern Michigan, In Business in Torch Lake

More winter coping strategies: The Great Indoor Music Festival

February 5, 2009

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Louan Lechler is an engaging correspondent. For one thing, she knows how to tell a story so that you get all the right information at the right time.  I couldn’t resist sharing this email with you. “If you’re not doing anything Saturday, you might want to take in the Great Indoor Music Festival at Bldg50*. […]

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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