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  • Of Trees and Roots and Names of Things

    When my grandpa Averill bought property on Wolf Lake in the Irish Hills of Michigan in the early 40s, he picked the choice lot for himself, and then parceled out smaller lots along the lake edge in a little barony he named “Averill’s Basswood Terrace”. (My grandpa liked to see…

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  • Kiln foundation

    This is the hole that was dug for the slab for the base of the arch that Kelly built

  • Kiln build site

    This is the clearing up north by the lake by the cottage of parents who said it was great  as the spot for the arch that Kelly built.

  • This is the arch that Kelly built.

  • Pondering my side of the tracks

    Jeff and I are pretty smart. We have graduate degrees, a good work ethic, and a reasonable degree of savvy about how the world works.…