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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
First s@#!
November 13, 2012
And so it goes, the bright leaves of autumn must fall, and after them . . . I always fantasize that we will have a magical first snow, big fat fluffy flakes that land on my mittens and sparkle. The kind of snow that makes me want to turn my face to the deep evening […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Up North in Michigan
From out of the west
November 11, 2012
If we want to know what’s coming at us Around Here, we head down to the shore of Grand Traverse Bay and look. Our weather almost always comes at us out of the west, swooping in across Lake Michigan, dancing over the ridge of the Leelanau Peninsula . . . and then it’s here. Babs Young went […]
Posted in: Babs Young photos, Everything else on Torch Lake Views
Well that’s all right then
November 7, 2012
Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I went to bed early last night. I had been to the polls, and made a good supper, tucking some Italian sausage into the marinara sauce for the spaghetti. The Duo checked to make sure I was sporting an “I voted” sticker when I got back to the Writing Studio and […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
Supper at the Polish Hacienda, followed by unjust desserts
November 5, 2012
Summer People ask us what life is like Around Here when they're gone. Well, we say, it's pretty normal. Louan called on Sunday--this would be last Sunday, not the Sunday we had yesterday. Did I want to go have a Polish dinner in Elk Rapids?
Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Up North in Michigan
Oh the humiliation
November 4, 2012
Not only did I fail to tell you all about Polish dinner at the Hacienda and getting my first deer but I have been scooped yet again. Intolerable. I really must do better. In the meantime I must eat humble pie. The Michigan Picture of the Week is a splendid autumn sunset taken from my favorite bluff […]
Posted in: Babs Young photos
Carsten in Denmark
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