Tucked just under the train tracks 1 block east of Lake street-in the meat packing district-is a teensy hardware store that is untouched by time.Rubber boots to shovels, half of their stock has been on the shelf for (what appears to be)several decades at least. It reminds me of my dad’s garage when we were kids growing up in Beardstown, Illinois.It was called “Surratt’s Auto Service”… and had a similiar patina. If you consider a thick coat of dust patina I hope they never change.

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…Is Michael Kiser. The dude has a gift. Check out this excerpt from his latest ‘collaboration post’ on Ronan Anderson’s visit here to camp: “Enter the fire department. A bit lost in conversation, and a bit heady from the brews, none of us noticed the bit of smoke rolling off the steaks and into the lodge. A few failed attempts at entering the cancel code and we had guests. Hungry guests. In his apologies for tying up some of Elkhorn, Wisconsin’s finest, Rohan passed around a few plates and made some new friends. They returned from their trucks with beef jerky and…

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Some shots from GARRETT CORNELISON and THERON HUMPHREY of ‘This wild idea’ check out his amazing book ‘maddie on things’ Maddie in Charlie’s high chair in the camp kitchen (having a rat for breakfast) and… Maddie on the dock this morning at sunrise. (Be still my heart)   Morning on the lake…. Garrett did this self portrait for instagram’s call for folks to send in new headshots of themselves. My mother painted this portrait of Abe when she was 16. We found it 50 years later when we were cleaning out my grandmother’s attic. Abe now hangs in the card room at camp. Stay tuned….

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