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OK Snowbirds – come home and be counted!
Here’s the deal. It’s time for the Big Count and a whole bunch of you are down in Florida and Arizona and Alabama for heaven’s sake. If Census Day were July 4 instead of April 1, Michigan might be recorded as the most populous state in the Union, but it’s not and we’re not and that’s […]
Letters from Snowbirds in Florida, California, Egypt
March 20, 2009
I am accustomed to emails and calls from friends who are enjoying lovely weather in Florida, California and North Carolina. They read Torch Lake Views to remind themselves how wise they were to depart during the temperamental months. They always mention how pretty the snow looks in the pictures. Then there’s Helmy El-Sherif. Not content […]
Spring. Definitely.
April 7, 2008
There are a lot of reasons to believe that spring is finally here. Really. These are mine. Bet you have some personal favorites too. As this is written, my Weather Widget says it’s 61°F. at the Eastport weather station south of Barnes Park. My outdoor thermometer agrees. It must be true. The snowbirds are returning. […]
Weather whiplash
January 30, 2008
I’m always amazed when people get the vapors over a little snow in Michigan in January – but this week has given me whiplash. Snowbirds, this one’s for you. On Monday morning it was far too pretty to sit inside. Off we went in the sunshine, walking through unspoiled snow under blue skies. Overnight it just kept getting warmer. By Tuesday morning the roads […]
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 
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