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Browsing All posts tagged under »Phragmites«
Wonders never cease
I spent last Thursday at a Special Meeting of the Torch Lake Township Board. You’re probably already wishing I’d posted a flower, right? Bear with me. Bang off at the beginning of the meeting Supervisor George Parker did something I never thought I’d live to see a public official do. He said that he’d made […]
Prickly issues
July 23, 2009
This bull thistle is an apt symbol for contentious Township meetings. It’s shaped like a bullhorn, full of ouch, yet beautiful—not unlike democracy in action. (Someone said Democracy is a terrible system but the best one we’ve invented so far.) As I waded through wet bull thistles taking pictures, I discovered a little drama at the […]
Goin’ for a ride, part 1: Expedition down Torch River to Skegemog
July 10, 2009
Tom Vranich sent me an email. Thom Yocum and summer interns for the Elk-Skegemog Lakes Association (ESLA) were going to paddle the Torch River. Their mission: scout the shore for infestations of invasive phragmites australis and report back. Thom is a biologist and Preserve Steward for the Palmer-Wilcox-Shah Nature Preserve north of Elk Rapids. I […]
Bugs, invading plants, and the trouble with LUST
May 29, 2009
I tell you, there is no end to the misadventures that are possible. We are in the midst of the annual Flight of the Miserable Little Black Helicopters. I do not know what they are, but I’d be glad to have a name to pin to them, so that I could curse them by it. […]
Books in Northport
- Now, WHAT was that new subject I had in mind? (Ah, yes! “Work and Play”!!!)
- Feeding Body and Soul
- Recovery, Phase 2: Nesting
- An Adventure I Didn’t Need
- Dismantling a Life
- Which Way to Turn?
- Getting "Out in Nature” (Kind of a Book Review)
- Another Memorable Holiday Mountain Hike
- Still Keeping Up at the Three-Quarters Mark
- First Quarterly Report, 2023
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
August 4, 2009
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