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- Providence Farm newsletter, March 2010
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- Slideshow from the 2010 Petoskey Stone Festival
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- Antrim Creek Natural Area
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- First night of Chanukah – an excellent treat
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- Torch Lake Township meets Mongolian cuisine
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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
Cowslips for Gram
Lots of people bought flowers and cards for mothers, grandmothers and wives today. Early tomorrow morning little kids will bounce into the bed clutching pastel envelopes that say “I love you Mommy.” Young husbands will bring young wives breakfast on trays and give them cards that say “Happy First Mothers Day.” Lots of us think […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
Ho-ly Wah.
May 9, 2008
There are a whole lot of you out there reading the Alba Injection Well post and following the links. I don’t know who you are – my software doesn’t spy on you – but I do know how many of you there are, and it is more than have read any other post on Torch […]
Posted in: In my opinion . . .
The Alba Injection Well and why it matters to Torch Lake Township
May 8, 2008
I really don’t want to do this. I enjoy having a quiet little blog about doings in Torch Lake Township. I like to tell you about people – the families they raise, the businesses they run, the leadership they provide. I like to make little jokes about my dogs, and The Rock, and the weather. […]
Posted in: In my opinion . . .
Party, Party!
May 8, 2008
You know Lauren. Of course you do. She’s the wisecracking pixie who works at the Eastport Market. She and her husband David just moved here a few years ago but they already know everybody in three townships. Now they’re moving back to northern California, where David has found a job he loves. The market is […]
Posted in: Torch Lake memories
I’m going to have to teach you how to comment or neither one of us will be happy
May 7, 2008
It has come to my attention that many of my readers are not, let us say, of the Digital Generation. That explains why I get emails – instead of comments – from friends and neighbors who’d like to join the conversation here. This is frustrating to you, because you’d like to see your “Letters to […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
The Babs Came Back, the Very Next Day
May 5, 2008
Remember the song? Never mind. Babs is back, and on her way home she captured early spring in the cherry orchards along Elk Lake Road. Here you go:
Posted in: Adventures outdoors, 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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May 10, 2008
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