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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
Reading the entrails of blograptors
Part of the fun of doing a blog is reading the stats – the number of times a post was viewed (what is it with the milk hauler, anyway???) and the links that people followed (there is an unhealthy interest in “Michael Moore’s house” – trust me, people, those who talk don’t know and those […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
The geese know
October 1, 2008
I am trying to cultivate patience. I know the Big Show is coming soon but I want to savor the first signs of its arrival. The half bushel of apples – Galas and Macs – in my unheated guest room. The pumpkin on the corner of the deck. Squash and onions and garlic and carrots […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors
For Norm Taube
October 1, 2008
Constable Norm Taube died on Sunday. He was a big guy, a Detroit cop for 20 years and a security officer at Shanty Creek and Cherry Capital airport after that. Patrolling the Township was a little quieter. When he was appointed to the job, most people didn’t expect him to actually do much. Torch Lake […]
Posted in: Torch Lake memories, Torch Lake Township government
Babs rides off into the sunrise
September 28, 2008
Babs Young wrote, Going east on Essex Road the other day, I found this lovely sunrise. Well worth the stop for this picture. Babs does great work on Essex Road. Remember last April, when she was going in the other direction and captured a classic Antrim County sunset?
Posted in: Babs Young photos
Letters from Katherine: Big bird on the way to Charlevoix?
September 26, 2008
Gerry—While driving to Charlevoix today I spied a large bird…. um…. or was it a modern art sculpture? I’m still not sure what it is but it was some kind of machine and it was for sale. If you have any idea let me know. Katherine I have no idea—but I pulled over and took […]
Posted in: Letters from Katherine
Post pantry: the Cabin Fever Club, De-skunking recipes, and the Central Lake Harvest Festival
September 24, 2008
This is what happens when I talk to a lot of people in one day and all of them make sense. I have a bunch of little thoughts that I’m just going to sweep into one post so you can bounce around and see if anything appeals to you. The Cabin Fever Club Over the […]
Posted in: Things to do in Torch Lake Township
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 2, 2008
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