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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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  • Molly and Snowflake

    Molly was sad to have lost her guinea pig, Ebony… but her brother’s pig, Snowflake, is getting lots of extra attention.  She took this picture…

  • Entry for October 04, 2008

    Today’s tally: One trip to the downtown farmer’s market… in sweatshirts, a first for the year. I found myself walking, arms linked, with my two…

  • This made my day

    I came to the kitchen one afternoon to discover that Molly had awarded me this honor.  Yeah, I earned it this month! So far I…

  • My “little” boy’s first day of school

    Ok, well, we did it ten years later than average, but we finally got a “first day of school” picture. Ty started last week at…