Tanya and I spent hours last night sitting in a dark, cold barn. It was great. We went to hear a talk about the Salem Area Historical Society’s preservation of a barn. The event was advertised as taking place in a school. The school was next door. The meeting was in the barn in question. … Continue reading Barns
Month: September 2022
Send-Offs and Welcomes
Yesterday afternoon, Anne and I went to the University of Michigan’s music school for a recital by incoming voice students. Twenty students sang, from those working on doctorates all the way to freshmen. The pacing of the concert was excellent, with exiting performers scarcely off the stage before the next performers entered. One accompanist… Continue reading Send-Offs and Welcomes
Observer Events
The Ann Arbor Observer comes out once a month and is beloved by Ann Arborites. It arrives for free on our doorsteps, and I daresay most of us start poring over it immediately. It tells us what’s changed around town since the last time it appeared, carries interesting feature stories—this month’s is about Ann… Continue reading Observer Events
September
When August turns to September, the weather in Michigan does a sort of pivot. The days get cooler. I’ve left footprints in frost heavy enough to hold them at the beginning of September, although that was some years back and four hours north. We’d been swimming there earlier that week. The nights get cooler, too,… Continue reading September
Pond and Pull
While the dog and I were walking around Thurston Pond a couple days ago, we came across a blond squirrel. It seemed to be a healthy, regulation fox squirrel, except for the color of its fur. Given how visible that color made it, even in the dappled light of the woods, the blondness may well… Continue reading Pond and Pull