Invitation to knock their socks off in upstate New York

January 26, 2009

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Photographer Scott Thomas, who blogs at Views Infinitum, has issued a call for a Collective Shoot.  The assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to photograph a Local Area Landmark in your hometown and tell us about it. Landmarks can be buildings, geographical formations, natural areas, or historic places. The landmark does not have […]

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Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Things to do in Torch Lake Township

In the midst of deepest winter, the heart turns to geraniums – and Antrim produce

January 26, 2009

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I am in receipt of Loraine Mottern’s annual Geranium Sale flyer – a cheery sight when the world seems all black and white.  It’s nice to be reminded that one day, perhaps in our grandchildren’s lifetimes, flowers will bloom Up North once more.  You can order some yourself, in six colors, and feel good about supporting the […]

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Posted in: Frugal Bugle, In Business in Torch Lake, Local foods

Letters from Babs: Ice boats are a-comin’ are a-comin’ are a-comin’ . . .

January 25, 2009

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Babs has been keeping an eye on the ice on Torch Lake, so naturally she met some ice-boaters.  I have spoken to these people before (ERN: Hardwater sailors skim across Torch) and have determined that they are, to put it politely, utterly daft. Friendly, though. Anyway, they were out and about today, draped in ice […]

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Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Babs Young photos

Packy snow and a castle in Eastport

January 25, 2009

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The weather has been perfect. Lots of snow, a little warming to soften it, a little plunge in temperature to set it up just right, a little sun to touch up the crust, and there you have it: packy snow that can be carved into snowstone to build a fort, an igloo . . . […]

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Up on the rooftop, click click click

January 23, 2009

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Bruce Laidlaw, operator of the weather station that supplies Torch Lake Views with Extremely Accurate Prognostications, and groomer of x-country ski trails at Barnes Park, has had a busy week. On Thursday (after I’d razzed him about, well, his whining about snowshoers) he wrote: Appropriate comment about my whining regarding the snow shoes. I need […]

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Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Letters from the Weatherman

Ron McLaughlin died Wednesday morning, and the Township is poorer for it

January 23, 2009

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Ronald K. McLaughlin died on the morning of January 21, 2009, after a long illness. The Eastport Market is in mourning. Ron had been a “regular” for a long time, sometimes coming in more than once a day, always with his daughter and caregiver Jill. He was given to wisecracks, and Jill inherited the tendency. […]

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Posted in: Torch Lake memories

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