Browsing All posts tagged under »Winter«

Fire and Ice: What’s up with the firetrucks at the IGA and a Saturday Scavenger Hunt

February 21, 2009

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The Fire Part Soooo . . . on Friday the volunteer fire department spent an hour over at the Eastport Market.  When the parking lot is full of fire trucks it tends to put people off coming in to shop, although in Torch Lake Township you never can tell.  For one thing, half of us […]

Daytrips in Northern Michigan: Jordan River Cruise

February 21, 2009

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On Thursday I had a little adventure with a couple of old friends (and some new ones, too).  We piled into a rubber raft and cruised down the Jordan River.  I can hear you now.  What were you thinking???  Well, this is what comes of spending long months in the north country in winter.  Getting […]

Here we go again

February 18, 2009

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The Weather Widget is glowing Advisory! and we’re in for it again. Might as well pull some bright bits and pieces out of the post pantry while the Writing Studio and Bait Shop sinks to its icicles in a black and white world. That cheerful offer appeared on the side of US-31 a couple of […]

Making do

February 16, 2009

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Babs and I are both having a bad day, but we’re making do.  Here’s what she wrote: I took some pictures today and when I got home I realized I did not have a CF card in my camera so didn’t have a new one for this week. So I went into the recent archives […]

Worlds come to Torch Lake

February 9, 2009

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On Saturday the hardwater sailors began to arrive at Torch Lake, where ten inches of solid ice was slicked with a thin layer of melt that reflected the gray sky. Perfect. They took a few practice runs and worked on their gear. By Sunday morning, the sun had come out and Babs was on the […]

Thus always to empires

February 8, 2009

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As empires rise, so must they fall. The descendants of the fierce Vikings write blogs about design and rural England and, er, Torch Lake Township.  The Aztec Empire was crushed by the Spanish Empire, which fell before  the British Empire and ultimately before a ragtag bunch of Americans in 1898, leading to a whole school of Spanish […]