Reflections on Sage Lake"Reflections on Sage Lake" is a memoir of a half century of summers spent at a cottage in northern Michigan originally purchased by the author's in-laws. Having always dreamed of someday owning a cottage, she and her husband and their young family spend as much time as possible at a place that became a much loved home away from home. Sometimes humorous with stories about their children, then their grandchildren, the book is often nostalgic over the passage of time and dread the author feels as age and failing health prove a threat to their Sage Lake summers. |
Contents
A Fairy Tale | 13 |
The Saga of Henry Sage | 25 |
How Sages Lake Became our Sage | 29 |
The Early Years | 34 |
Facts Figures and More | 43 |
The Ups and Downs of Summer Cottages | 48 |
The Middle Years | 54 |
Wild Things | 64 |
The Remodeling Years | 78 |
The Changing Years | 84 |
The Long Mile | 96 |
Knotty Pine Nonsense | 99 |
Under the Lilac Bush | 101 |
Games Games and More Games | 106 |
Our Grandchildren Remember | 115 |
Comings and Goings | 124 |
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