The other day I got up and started checking a somewhat neglected and far too long queue of email when I noticed a new one from my friend, Ho...

When watching the yahoos hired to take my neighbor's dock and boat ramp work away is the highlight of one's week, you know it has be...

Traverse City, Michigan, is the largest city in Michigan's north, and it sits beside the beautiful Grand Traverse Bay. It's a popula...

On this gloomy morning, Lizzie and I are taking advantage of what might be the last porch day for a bit. We woke to a warmer morning than ex...

Happily back at the cottage for a bit and wondering when we'll go from green to red and orange. I can see hints in some of the trees but...

It's only mid-September, not quite the last hurrah at the lake. But you can feel it in the air. Days are cooler; nights are much cooler....

I don't know what happened. I woke up and it was September. And now, we are well into it. One can feel it in the air at the lake. The t...

After a banner reading month in July, I slowed down a little for August, with seven books on the list. This month they were all mysteries.  ...

I'm back at the lake, finally! And look who welcomed me back!  Rick will join me for an extended time when he wraps up his annual Dalmac...

I'd take a photo of the fruit flies but they're so darned small and so fast I can't even slap them down! I came home from art ca...

In my last Art Camp post I mentioned that we had an unexpected guest during our time north. Life is good when you look out the porch window ...

The purpose of art camp, of course, is to make art. But it's not the only thing we do. We read, swim, walk, talk (for hours), eat well, ...

It happens every August. My friend Kate and I escape to my cottage for a week and enjoy what we call "Art Camp." Every day we pain...

Thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes and lovely comments on my last post! Life is indeed good (this blogging community is part of t...

What a good birthday week! On Sunday, we had fun with the Little Boys and their mom (check it out here if you haven't already) and on M...

 "The corn is as high as an elephant's eye And it looks like it's climbing clear up to the sky!" ~ Oscar Hammerstein II, ...

When I came home for what was a going to be a few days, I realized that there was much to be done on the home front. Not the least of that w...

You can tell that any schedule I get falls to pieces in summer! But while there's still plenty of time to do some summer reading, I thou...

I'm home for a few days and it will be time to check out the Ditch again. But I have a feeling I won't see the terrific sight I saw ...

"It's a quiet week in Lake Wobegon," as Garrison Keillor would say. It that way here at the Otsego Lake in many ways, too. Onc...

 Help! I follow many of you Blogger bloggers through the Follow button that shows up in my reading list on my dashboard. For two days now, w...

For weeks I had been looking for sweet black cherries at the farmer's market. None were to be found and the season was nearing its end. ...

Now that Rick is recovered from his surgery, we've actually been having a nice time! There have been a couple of rainy days but that...

Although I haven't shared much in the art line of late, it hasn't been a summer devoid of creativity. It seems that the season has b...

Let's face it. We all like a good buy when we travel -- a souvenir, something special to bring home, maybe as a gift or just to treasure...

"Doesn't it get old, walking the same route each time?" I was asked. The reply is simple -- "No. Because it is never real...

Rick has been recovering from his surgery here at the lake, while I headed south for an appointment, returning for the weekend. For the most...

I love reading essays and short pieces about a topic or place I enjoy. If you do as well, "France, A Love Story" (subtitled "...

In a normal summer up north, I will take day trips to some of the towns in the north that make for a great day trip but are pretty much alwa...

Now that the holiday is over, we are settling into real lake life. Most of the tourists and boats have left (at least for the week) and whil...