Browsing All posts tagged under »Torch Lake«

Fish Story

February 24, 2011

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Darren Dawson has been ice fishing on Torch Lake. I thought you'd like to see what he saw that day.

Leap of faith

February 20, 2011

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Will the whining end?

Letters, we get letters, mostly about Da Weather

February 5, 2011

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Katherine on Torch Lake, Bruce on Grand Traverse Bay, Rachel in Chicago--the weather news pours in from correspondents around the Freshwater Nation.

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 […]

Care to join us on the beach?

December 15, 2010

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Katherine and I discussed taking a break down at the beach.  No crowds.  Colorful drinks, little umbrellas stuck in them.  A nice, refreshing bit of windbathing. What do you think? Want to join us?  Hm.  Maybe you’re right.

The high ground

July 26, 2010

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Over here in the western reaches of Antrim County, long ridges run north and south, parallel to Torch Lake and the Bay. Between the ridges rivers flow through narrow valleys, connecting 14 lakes into a 55-mile long chain that finally reaches Grand Traverse Bay at Elk Rapids. Centennial farms command the high ground, watching the […]