Babs Young, Betty Jo Hudson and I—along with leventy-gazillion other people from the Township—made our way to Petoskey on Saturday to attend the premiere of a ballet. Babs writes: The picture below is of The Terrace Inn in Bay View. It opened in 1911 and is still open year around. I loved the dining room […]
Sometimes the thunder of the herd haring off across the cultural landscape gives me a headache. It turns out that a successful social media campaign has led to the election of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore as The Most Beautiful Place in America by viewers of ABC’s Good Morning America. The ones who voted anyway. […]
OK, here are some things I should have told you sooner. If you plan your weekends like I plan mine, it isn’t too late. There is an End-of-Summer Arts Festival over in Alden at the historic Alden Depot on Saturday (Aug. 27) from 10am-5pm. There will be 50 artists, and it is a juried show, […]
Babs Young writes: These flowers are in bloom my garden right now, but I do not know the name. I love them and the way they are curled before they open. I have to admit that curling business is a neat trick. Makes them look all Aladdin and the Forty Thieves. Anyone know what they […]
I had meant this to be “Saying good-bye to summer” – which in my case is not all bad, as I am a fool for autumn – but I have spent a good part of the afternoon trying to deal with internet strangeness/WordPress goofups and I am having deep thoughts. We Shall See. If you […]
This has been a remarkable summer all along, and now—for the second year in a row—Babs Young sent a photo of sunflowers without a single Triffid in evidence.
August 29, 2011
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