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Thirty-two miles off of our West Coast just over the horizon and beyond our view lies what some call the Emerald Isle. On the map it is more commonly known as Beaver Island. This gem of Lake Michigan is 13 miles long and 6 miles wide with a total area of approximately 40 square miles.
I’ve always been fascinated with maps and even more so with out-of-the-way places, especially islands. Just like the Manitou Islands, which we visited last year, Beaver Island is one of those spots I wanted to add to my list of destinations. Earlier in the year we mentioned our idea to some good friends who agreed to join us and together we made plans.
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About ten years ago, while still living in Illinois, I received a wonderful gift. I have an Uncle, my mother’s brother, who has always lived in the city of Chicago. Uncle Bob, who is now in his upper eighties, decided that he was going to retire his fishing pole. During his younger years he didn’t develop an interest in golf and he wasn’t into spectator sports but he loved to fish and hunt. I suppose that he began fishing as a child and as with many of us who enjoy the pastime, it stayed with him all of his life.
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Geezers Corner
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The comedian George Carlin, who passed away earlier last year, once did a humorous bit called “A Place for My Stuff.” It was a comic routine that I recall him performing during a live performance in the 60’s. One of the lines in the monologue was, “A house is just a pile of stuff with a cover on it.” He also lamented that sometimes we need to move to a bigger house because we no longer have enough room for all our “stuff.” I didn’t think about it too much back in those days since I was living in a cramped dorm room with three other guys and eating bologna sandwiches. Many years later I acquired a better appreciation for the point he was trying to make
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