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This Is How It Goes
This Is How It Goes– A.V. Walters– Up north, in the U.P. where my mother lives, folks are getting Lyme disease. These are hearty, out-doorsy people, who spend a lot of time in the woods. Lyme disease...
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We Are Not Alone
We Are Not Alone A.V. Walters– Over Thanksgiving, about 8 inches of snow fell in Western Michigan. If, up to then, we’d had any doubts about winter, or where we’d moved, that white blanket made it...
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Winter Freedom
Winter Freedom A.V. Walters— Winter Freedom! Yesterday, we tried out our new snowshoes. I remember snowshoes from my youth. They were cumbersome affairs, long and wide with bindings that seemed to wrap...
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Marching Through the Seasons
Marching Through the Seasons A.V. Walters– Still Closed. Most of the country is experiencing Spring, in all its glory. Some, in the northern reaches (like my mum) feel the warmth, see the birds, but...
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Right Plan…
Right Plan… A.V. Walters – A walk in the woods It’s said that, when the Europeans arrived in Michigan, a squirrel could cross the state, Great Lake to Great Lake, without its feet ever touching the...
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Bugged
Bugged– A.V. Walters My California friends can’t believe that I moved to a place that has snow in the winter and bugs in the summer. I usually put it right back at them—both of those features are a...
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Two-Legged Hazards…
Two-Legged Hazards… A.V. Walters– People just don’t walk. In Two Rock, Rick and I had a reputation. If we went to feed the emus, on the other side of the farm, we walked over. We walked when we visited...
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Sundays and Making Wood
Sundays and Making Wood… A.V. Walters– We’re busy building. I suppose, given how late it is in the season, we could/should just power on through and build every day. But there are other priorities in...
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Autumn Olive
Autumn Olive… A.V. Walters – With olive-like leaves Also known as Russian Olive, the Autumn Olive is considered a pest species. In the want ads of our local newspaper, guys advertise that they’ll pull...
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Observing the New Year
Observing the New Year A.V. Walters There must be near as many ways to bring in the New Year as there are people. My mother thinks it’s bad luck to start the year with any of her ironing left undone....
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Ah, Spring
Ah, Spring A.V. Walters In our minds, our little house—our work in progress—is picturesque. All winter, we could hardly wait for spring to get back to work on it, in earnest. I’ve been asked to send...
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