Robert Adams
Finding Petrified Wood
MY 10-YEAR-OLD BEING came equipped with curiosity for anything out-of-doors. I often imagined that I was chosen to be a participant in...
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Robert Adams
- Nov 27
- 1 min
Glorious Trees
TREES ARE SUCH A FOCUS this time of year in northern Michigan. In October their attention-grabbing leaves produce a vast display of...
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Robert Adams
- Nov 12
- 2 min
Urban Foraging
AS YOU CAN SEE from this photo, I became an urban forager in early November after my friend Nancy and I noticed half a dozen trees full...
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Robert Adams
- Nov 6
- 2 min
Reading Away
RECENTLY I COMPLETED READING A BOOK written by Bill Bryson that was all about the human body. It was aptly named, The Body – A Guide for...
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Robert Adams
- Oct 18
- 1 min
Mother and Son
I’M INTO MY FALL clean-up of my living room in my loft. It has been a while since I spent time on this endeavor. My corner under the...
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Robert Adams
- Oct 13
- 1 min
Fall Mushroom Soup
COOLER WEATHER has arrived in northwest Michigan. It was predicted, but it has been a bone-chilling event for me. My sweatshirt sleeves...
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Robert Adams
- Oct 5
- 2 min
Carrot-Ginger Soup
HERE IT IS OCTOBER, a month that features blue skies and colorful leaves; and always a few days that introduce us to the notion that big...
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Robert Adams
- Sep 26
- 1 min
Consuming More Fruit
CONSUMING MORE FRUIT is a newer approach for me. With my more watchful diet and increasing awareness of healthier choices, fresh and...
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Robert Adams
- Sep 19
- 1 min
Squash Season
THE WINTER SQUASHES ARE IN FULL DISPLAY here in mid-September at the various markets in northern Michigan. Over the years, I have enjoyed...
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Robert Adams
- Sep 14
- 2 min
All Grown Up
THE FIRST TIME I SAW GLEN LAKE an impression was etched in my memory and has been with me for a lifetime. It was early August 1953; I was...
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Robert Adams
- Aug 28
- 1 min
Here Come the Mums
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN this morning after I planted mums at the container at Champion Hill Golf Course https://www.championhill.com/. My...
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Robert Adams
- Aug 21
- 2 min
Marinara Sauce
ALMOST EVERY YEAR, as local tomatoes come to market, I make a late summer marinara sauce that I place in my freezer that I use through...
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Robert Adams
- Aug 14
- 3 min
Huckleberry Finn Again
IT’S BEEN 60 YEARS SINCE I last read Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I remember small bits about the book, but it is turning...
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Robert Adams
- Aug 8
- 2 min
Popular Spices 2023
IT TOOK AN ARTICLE IN THE WSJ to perk my curiosity about culinary uses for wild Staghorn Sumac. I have never used the spice but was...
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Robert Adams
- Aug 4
- 3 min
Sugar Grand Daddy
MY GRANDFATHER WAS A CORPORATE LAWYER who worked for Domino Sugar for over thirty years ending his career as vice chairman of the...
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Robert Adams
- Aug 3
- 1 min
Summer Vacation
THIS PHOTO OF MY YOUNGEST SON and his family makes me smile. Thankfully he got someone to snap a photo over in Wisconsin picking...
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Robert Adams
- Jul 11
- 1 min
The Nose Knows
OFTEN I USE THE SENSE OF SMELL to help unearth a particular setting in my writing. It seems to help stimulate my recall and adds to the...
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Robert Adams
- Jul 4
- 1 min
Watering Pots
VERY DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE here in northern Michigan at the beginning of July. Over the years I’ve watched the weather quite faithfully...
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Robert Adams
- Jun 22
- 2 min
Man and Animal
A DEEPER APPRECIATION OF OUR UNIVERSE came to me the other morning quite by surprise. I was driving my car heading to the golf course and...
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Robert Adams
- Jun 14
- 2 min
My Approach to Grilling
IT IS FATHER’S DAY WEEK. As I expected, morning TV shows are featuring chubby middle-aged men in flowered shirts donning rubberized...
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