Robert Adams
Our First Lemon
ISN’T THIS A GORGEOUS LEMON. It is Christmas week and I’m just about to enjoy the “fruits of our labor” by finally harvesting this...
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Robert Adams
Dec 20, 20231 min read
Potted Evergreens
POTTED LIVE EVERGREEN TREES have become popular in northern Michigan where they are increasingly being offered in the nursery trade....
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Robert Adams
Dec 4, 20234 min read
Finding Petrified Wood
AS A 10-YEAR-OLD I came with curiosity for anything out-of-doors. I often imagined that I was chosen to participate in the Universe's...
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Robert Adams
Nov 27, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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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