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Browsing All posts tagged under »Grand Traverse Bay«
Mama Nature’s on a streak!
January 9, 2010
Two sunny winter days in a row! Shall we hope for a three-peat? The dogs and I ran out into the day utterly delighted with blue skies and showers of sunshine, and I forgot to bring the camera. This never happens. Still, it’s just as well. It gave me plenty of time to laugh at […]
The icy bluegreen edge of January
January 6, 2010
That’s the Bay these mornings – an icy soup near the shore and a lot of cold, cold waves pushing in from the north. No way I’m walking along the beach with the dogs until things settle down. But there’s plenty to see on the road. For example, yesterday morning we exchanged pleasantries with Dee […]
A deep map of Eastport
December 31, 2009
Just when you think there’s nothing to write about, a reader’s email starts a long chain of associations that leads you to William Least Heat-Moon’s PrairyEarth (a deep map). The post isn’t written—not by a long shot—but you have some little ideas and no clue where they’ll lead. Let’s begin with the email: Helping my […]
Winter settles in at the harbor and dances up the Bay
December 22, 2009
Michigan weather is full of reliable surprises. The other day I opened my email and Katherine had sent a note and one of her amazing photos. She wrote: Was down in Elk Rapids the other snowy, windy day and went by the harbor. brrrrrrrrrrr. But that was then and this was today. The Bay sparkled, the […]
Letter from the Weatherman: The bay in autumn light
October 6, 2009
Bruce Laidlaw sent the most wonderful email on Monday. He captured exactly what the light is like on the Bay at this time of year. He wrote: Didn’t see much sunshine yesterday, but the sun popped out at sunset and lit up the waves. And the moon made an appearance at sunrise. You see why […]
Books in Northport
- I don't have much to say.
- It's all in here: the sublime, silly, dangerous, petty, too cute for words, and a shed tear.
- From the Tenth to the Twelfth
- Goodbye, November. Hello, Winter!
- Gratitude and Death
- Deer Season, Among Books
- Time’s Wingèd Chariot
- Looking and Looking and Looking!
- Color/Light and Home in Autumn
- Turn, Turn, Turn
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
January 9, 2010
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