Browsing All posts tagged under »Grand Traverse Bay«

The snowpile in summer

March 20, 2012

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So yesterday afternoon we headed down the path to the Bay, passing the snowpile the plow guy had assembled in the neighbors' yard.

Early spring on Grand Traverse Bay

March 18, 2012

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Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I request the favor of your company on a short walk along the shores of Grand Traverse Bay. It will be so warm that you will not even need a jacket, but I recommend you bring one so you will have extra pockets to hold Petoskey stone finds, or an excellent treat or two.

Tending the livestock

February 22, 2012

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Miss Sadie and the Cowboy kept me plenty busy today and we  all feel better for it.  Sometimes I lose track of the important things.  They always remind me.  When you’re outdoors with animals, even days that look like this one feel . . . exhilarating.  Something close to that anyway.  Close enough to count […]

Sunning ourselves on the beach

February 13, 2012

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Miss Sadie and the Cowboy could stand it no longer. They dragged me outdoors and made me go for a walk on the beach.

Another precinct heard from

February 11, 2012

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Nothing like a little winter rivalry to bring out fence-painters in force, leaving me free to spend my time reading Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 to my Civil War veterans. (The part about the town of cats stirred them up.)

Sunday afternoon TLV

May 22, 2011

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Beyond this point there might be almost anything.