Leisurely launch this morning. At 10:13, which Anne foreshortened to 10:10, because it sounds more illierative. In binary though 1010 is ten. So, we left even earlier than I expected. We short-stopped in St. Ignace for breakfast at Java Joe’s. Getting on the road again, we turned onto I-75 southbound. Navigation instructed us to go 90 miles straight, then turn gay at Gaylord. Alrighty then. The rest of the drive south was uneventful and we arrived safely to Harry’s.
Hazy Lazy Days of Summer
Smooth Sailing Tregurtha

Tomorrow, we begin the long journey home. We will spend a couple of nights in Ann Arbor, before heading on to the Lou. We have a few appointments there, most importantly supervising the installation of new windows. With them, we will again have flow through ventilation, both east-west and north-south. It has been quite a few years since we could enjoy that simple pleasure. Combined with their replacement, we also have a new air conditioner, for those too hot days. After we finish all of our business in town, we will work our way north again, for summer part two.
Orange Hawkweed Flower
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Widow’s Bay Finale

Today, the final episode of Widow’s Bay aired. This series has already been picked up for another season, so this episode will hardly be an ending, except as a cliffhanger. So what’s it all about? The show is part horror and part comedy. Set on a fictional New England island that is populated by oddballs and kooks and also home to every horror trope imaginable. This series has been widely hailed as the best show on TV this summer, but what does it mean? I ask this as someone who has watched every episode and also followed along with social media. The season finale occurred in the middle of a nor’easter, as if the horror was not enough. Because of the weather everyone on the island was rounded up and stowed away in a 1950s style bomb/storm shelter. To help keep the restless public under control one of the mayor’s minions was tasked to find games or puzzles to take people’s minds off their situation. What he found instead were 16mm instructional movies that were designed by previous generations to tell their descendants what t do if found in this situation. It wasn’t pretty. What’s worse, how could a community forget that they made these movies in the first place? I dare not say more, for fear of spoiling the show. It was an excellent finale to a superb series and is likely to cleanup come Emmy time.



