The Google Road to Christmas

October 29, 2008

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Here I am again, examining the search terms people use to get here, brought up short by “healthy things to do before Christmas.”  I have no idea why Google or some other search engine decided to send those people to Torch Lake Views, but what a good idea for a post . . . Six […]

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Punkin time

October 28, 2008

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Can’t be October in the Township without the Dawsons’ Pumpkin Dinosaur – can’t deal with Wintry Mix without pumpkin cake – can’t have Halloween without Jack-O-Lanterns – can’t have elections without wackiness. No question, it’s Punkin Time. Pumpkisaurus Giganticus The annual pumpkin display at Cherry View Orchards is just plain fun, and I never get tired […]

Letters from Katherine: Bonfire

October 28, 2008

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At dark-thirty this morning Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I headed out to get the paper and found our stairs covered in leaves and Wintry Mix.  They flung themselves down with dogly joy, but I crept along clinging to the handrail with a death grip.  We made it across the road, retrieved the Record-Eagle from its […]

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Bam! Pow! Fall goes out in a blaze of glory, and Babs is there.

October 27, 2008

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Babs writes: I told you the color was going fast, well not this fast. But then, there are other ways to look at color. How about that Michigan sky . . . We’re having a sleety thunderstorm as I write this late on Sunday night. Enjoy every splash of color you see. Store it up […]

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Letters from Katherine: Fall horses in black and white and splendor

October 26, 2008

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Katherine remains in her Black and White Period.  She writes: This was taken on my way to somewhere (and I’m getting old because I can’t remember where).  I think it was somewhere near Ellsworth?  Maybe between there and Central Lake? Wherever she found the horses, the image is arresting.  I’m particularly struck by the fall trees […]

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Autumn in the Jordan Valley

October 20, 2008

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Babs writes:  The color is going fast, but I found this little vista on Kidder Road on the way to East Jordan.

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