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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
Northern Lights over Torch Lake
I nodded off over my book and missed the whole thing, but Babs was up tonight.
Posted in: Babs Young photos, Up North in Michigan
The harbor in autumn
October 24, 2011
Babs has been down to Elk Rapids pondering the year's mortality. She writes: Most of the boats are now gone from Grace Memorial Harbor in Elk Rapids. So I guess fall is really here. The cool temps are a good indicator too, but this was a recent spectacular sunset.
Posted in: Babs Young photos
The stammering historian
October 23, 2011
I was over at the Eastport Market the other night buying treats for the Duo and BBQ ribs for my own supper when I ran into a neighbor. We talked about dogs and the economy and raising children. She told me two really good stories about secret siblings lost and found in her family tree. I told her a story about one of the grandchildren of one of my Civil War veterans. We scanned the shelves of rental DVDs, hoping to find something almost as interesting as real life.
Cobbling up stone guest houses
October 19, 2011
There I was at the library in the Island House, signing up to use the Free WiFi–which I do three or four days a week out of sheer desperation–when Jackie Weber accosted me. “You should come to the stone house workshop,” she said. I was dubious, but Jackie is persuasive, so I presented myself at […]
What to do in a fire
October 18, 2011
The Elk Rapids Fire Department had an open house on Saturday, and promised exciting demonstrations. A kitchen fire. An escape from a smoke-filled house. Sirens. Off I went. There was a tremendous lot to see and do, and I did it all, but I thought you might be most interested to see for yourself what […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
Up a grassy river
October 16, 2011
Babs Young has been out and about in a boat, which is pretty much the best way to spend almost any day, especially in the lovely autumn. She writes: I had an opportunity to make a boat trip up the Grass River to Lake Bellaire last week when it was warm and sunny. It was […]
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Carsten in Denmark
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