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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
Having wonderful time, wish you were here
Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I are touring the countryside and having adventures. The colors are coming along nicely, especially near Kalkaska. Here’s the view of Skegemog Lake from the overlook on M-72.
Posted in: Adventures outdoors
The farms of Antrim
October 9, 2008
Sometimes pieces I want to write fall by the wayside. It happened a few months ago, when I had an interesting conversation with Robert Knipe and drove all over taking pictures of Antrim farms in late spring glory. I really liked the story, and I’m sorry I didn’t finish it then, but I’ve done it now and sent […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors
So much depends
October 9, 2008
Today was an ordinary misty October day. Leaving Sonny’s, where I had breakfast with Babs and Betty Jo, I admired a red wheelbarrow glazed with rain in Chris Szjebach’s garden. It seemed a sign that the day might have poetic possibilities after all. I piled the dogs and the laundry into the car, and […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
Letters from Katherine in black and white: You can never have too many sunflowers
October 8, 2008
I promised you another black and white photo from Katherine, and here it is. Gives you a different perspective, eh? No wonder the colorblind Cowboy and Miss Sadie have cultivated their noses.
Posted in: Letters from Katherine
In search . . . غروب
October 7, 2008
I’ve mentioned before that I like to ponder the search terms that bring people to this blog. My favorite of the day is غروب. I have no idea what language that is in, let alone what it means. Isn’t it pretty, though? When I searched it back, via Google, I found links to sunsets. Sunsets. […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
Babs says “Let fall begin”
October 6, 2008
Works for me. Every week photographer Babs Young captures moments in northern Michigan, and every week she sends one to Torch Lake Views just for you. You can find more of her photos by following the Babs Young Photos link in the Categories list over in the right column, or by going to her Michigan […]
Posted in: Babs Young photos
Books in Northport
- Color is a developing story. So is my bookshop.
- October's Quiet Entrance
- Are you looking for color?
- "Locals' Summer" Comes 'Round Again
- Here Now and Looking Ahead
- Trees, Dogs, Books, Musings
- As August Slip-Slides Away
- Past Mid-Summer to Mid-August
- Recent Past in Village and at Home, In the Midst, and Coming Events
- Books, Dog, Tree Guy, Me, and More
Carsten in Denmark
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October 11, 2008
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