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- Torch Lake Township meets Mongolian cuisine
- Water Under the Bridge: Poems from the Elk Rapids Elders Project
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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
Broadband by Thanksgiving
I've seen the trucks out and about. I have waved at The Installer Guys and offered to bring them coffee and promised them a parade when they're done.
Inside the tumbler
September 22, 2011
Do you know about rock tumblers? They’re drums that turn and turn, patiently polishing rocks in a slurry of water and grit. Put in some Petoskey stones and the right combination of water and grit, start it running, and go about your business. Eventually you open it up, rinse off the contents, and admire your […]
Greensky Hill
September 18, 2011
Some Ottawa/Odawa and Chippewa/Ojibwe and Métis families have been Around Here for quite a long time by anybody's standards, tending orchards on the ridges before the Jesuits arrived, mining chert along the bay 2,000 years ago and putting food by in the storage pits on Skegemog Point 10,000 years ago. Then there's newcomer Peter Greensky.
Posted in: Antrim County history, Up North in Michigan
Raising the roof up in Banks Township
September 15, 2011
I am drawn to Banks Township in a general way. It is full of high ridges with sweeping views of the Bay, ribbon roads flowing past good farms, and people who are determined to work together. On Saturday, September 24, the Banks Township Hall in Ellsworth will be absolutely irresistible.
Norton Bretz: Leaving Eastport Thursday
September 14, 2011
If you are from Around Here you undoubtedly trotted right over to TLV to see what on earth was going on at the north end of Torch Lake that would make Norton Bretz of all people even think about leaving Eastport, particularly on a Thursday. (The title I was going to use to lure those of you from Away was "Naked Monkeys of Central Michigan" but I didn't want to wade through all the spam.)
Posted in: Antrim County history, Up North in Michigan
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
September 23, 2011
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