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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
Sonny’s to close until March
Now I know it’s Winter. On Sunday Chris and Sonny will button up the market and head to Florida, where they are under the impression it might be warmer. On Friday evening they looked awfully happy as they packaged up my Anchor Steam and cheese. They’ll be back in March, but I’ll miss the cinnamon rolls and […]
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Uh-oh. Pizza rumble.
January 18, 2008
On my way home tonight I spotted the latest “Matt” message on Peterson’s sign. Pretty bold boast, Tim. I will give you the excellence of your establishment’s BLT personal pizza. But what of the divine sesame crust and pesto sauce on the Chef Charles Special in Elk Rapids? The Meat Lovers marvel just down the […]
Posted in: In Business in Torch Lake, In my opinion . . .
Cowboy on snowshoes
January 18, 2008
Lorelle Van Fossen at WordPress issued a challenge to bloggers to write a travel post today. I can do that. Sure I can. Today was the kind of day that Californians think defines winter in northern Michigan – the kind of day that makes folks in Torch Lake Township think deep thoughts about traveling south on […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors
Ourstory
January 14, 2008
I’m a story collector. I can’t think of a better way to spend an afternoon than to listen to somebody’s special memory, the one that says “I was there – I was connected to the big picture.” Best of all I love to hear a new story that connects to one I already have in […]
Posted in: Torch Lake memories
Tales told by the light of flashbacks
January 13, 2008
My neighbor’s been having flashbacks. He figured his war was over 60 years ago: he fought it, he won it, it was done. But here it comes again, in full technicolor, and this time it’s fighting him. These dreams are not abstract or symbolic in any way. They’re detailed, accurate replays of real experiences, and for him, it’s the same […]
Posted in: In my opinion . . ., Torch Lake memories
Winter lake
January 12, 2008
Artist Betty Beeby, who’s been intimately acquainted with Torch Lake for a long time, remembers a night when cold descended so suddenly that the lake froze without a ripple. The next morning skaters moved over the glassy surface, chasing their own shadows across the sandy bottom as fish swam far below them. Betty pulled her easel and […]
Posted in: Torch Lake memories
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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January 18, 2008
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