Babs is back and not a moment too soon

January 24, 2011

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Admit it, you were worried, weren't you! You've been in Babs Withdrawal. Well she's back. Key West is all very well and good, but how can a person resist coming back to Torch Lake Township in January?

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Marolyn Hendershott’s excellent treats

January 23, 2011

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There was this icicle, you see, that had been frosted with blowing snow the night before, and it reminded me of nothing so much as Marolyn Hendershott's gingersnaps dipped in white chocolate. You see how I am.

Posted in: Local foods, Recipes, Torch Lake memories, Up North in Michigan

Playing indoors

January 21, 2011

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I did shovel and scrape, really I did. Fat lot of good it did me. Mama Nature should be called for piling on. Eventually I ran out of steam and made a Note to Self: Call Tom Morrison. That was a couple of days ago.

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Head in the clouds, feet firmly strapped in YakTrax

January 20, 2011

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If this post had a soundtrack it would be "I don't know why/I love you like I do/I don't know why, I just doooooo . . . "

Posted in: Up North in Michigan

A real outdoor girl, our Margie

January 18, 2011

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When she’s not at work in her Possum Hollow studio out on the Flat Road, painter Margie Guyot likes to get outdoors–and paint some more.  Even in the winter. This is what she sees from the shores of Grand Traverse Bay.   . . .  from the beach at Barnes Park . . . . . .  […]

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Wintry Mix for the Snowbirds

January 17, 2011

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I know that all you snowbirds roosting in Florida and Alabama and Mexico want to see how winter is going up here.  This is your lucky day. The weekend inspired a flurry of emails from the photographers in the neighborhood. Katherine wrote: brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!  It’s cold. With a high of 16 today, and it’s already 15.6, I […]

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Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Letters from Andi, Letters from Katherine, Up North in Michigan

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