Archives in Category: Small Town Life

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Allegan Country Fair

Posted on September 15, 2012

Yesterday Earl and I visited the Allegan County Fair. It was like catching up with an old friend whom we hadn’t seen in a couple years. The parking fee had increased, but other than that all was as it was

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Stuff Swap

Posted on March 15, 2012

Today I attended the second annual stuff swap at the home of a friend. Based on its success, I am sure there will be third and a fourth, etc.

The concept is simple. Each attendee brings three things that she

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Winn-Dixie

Posted on February 25, 2012

Today we stocked up on provisions for our breakfasts and lunches, as well as various paper products, at the local supermarket, Winn-Dixie. It’s always an experience to visit a grocery store in another part of the country and see how

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Trick or Treat

Posted on October 27, 2011

Halloween is four days away, and usually I avoid it like the plague. Earl and I darken our house and go out to a leisurely dinner somewhere until the proscribed time for Trick or Treat is over. Then we skulk

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Corn Maze

Posted on October 23, 2011

Farmers around here extend the growing season by creating corn mazes in their fields and charging admission to city folk like me to enter them, wend their way around the various paths while avoiding dead ends, and come out the

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Baumgartner’s

Posted on August 14, 2011

There are probably not a lot of people out there who can say they drove 350 miles for a liver sausage sandwich, but Earl and I are proud to be among them. After all, the sandwich, which comes on rye

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Fresh Food

Posted on August 4, 2011

Last month I joined a food coop. So every Wednesday I go to the pick-up point and get my fruits and vegetables from Oak Hill Farms. Oak Hill sells only what it grows, which means the produce is picked within

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Spoiled

Posted on July 19, 2011

If the Midwest is called the breadbasket of the country for its wheat fields and other farming staples, then southwestern Michigan should be called the fruit and vegetable stand. From May through October, little stands sprout all over the county,

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Wal-Mart in the Morning

Posted on November 15, 2010

“Want to go to Wal-Mart with me?” Earl whispered in my ear as I tried to catch a few more zzzzzzzz. The look on my face must have required additional explanation.
“I have to pick up a few things,

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Martin’s

Posted on August 16, 2010

We just returned from Martin’s, our favorite supermarket around here. It’s almost a daily ritual to pick up a few things that fit in our cloth grocery sack. In fact, the sack has the Martin’s logo on it and gets

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