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A Day Of Remembrance

While writing a piece on the Breedsville Memorial Day Parade for my memoir. I decided to expand it a bit and share it with the Holiday being Monday. I hope you enjoy it. This will likely be my last post.

Growing Up All Over Again

My Boyhood Memories. The following are some excerpts from a book I am writing for my daughter Katie. After reading The Necessity of a Place, 25 years at the Water’s edge which was about our time at our cottage in N. Michigan she asked I write about growing up in the 50’s and 60’s. TheContinue reading “Growing Up All Over Again”

Part II: The First Winter and The Foundation

Here are a couple of entries from our first winter at the lake after buying the cottage in September. Entry 5: The Initial Bivouac and the Winter Ritual We spent every fall weekend at the cottage. We personalized it. We swapped some furniture. A sleeper sofa with a Native American design was a key purchase.Continue reading “Part II: The First Winter and The Foundation”

My Book has been completed

I have finally finished the memoir that I have been posting excerpts from. It’s been a fun project. Claude AI was my editor and I used Kindle Digital Printing to get it in print. At this point I don’t plan to offer it for sale to the general public. It was a bucket list itemContinue reading “My Book has been completed”

Mammals and More

This entry describes the wildlife we met at the lake Wildlife: Mammals And More We had an amazing ecosystem at Little Bass Lake. The lake was spring-fed and pristine, home to an abundance of fish and aquatic life. The mature eighty-acre forest was home to woodland creatures. There was a swampy area at the westContinue reading “Mammals and More”

Dogs of the Lake

Dogs Of The [BD1] Lake Barb and I are dog people. We grew up with dogs and they were part of our lives. During our forty-six years of marriage, we always had dogs. Many of them have their place in the history of Katie’s Cottage. Rusty Before the lake, I had Rusty, a Brittany Spaniel whoContinue reading “Dogs of the Lake”

The “Big Girl”

This is a “fish story” but its true. It chronicles the most amazing catch I made in my over 70 years of fishing. I have a picture to validate its not just a fantastic exaggeration. Enjoy. Note my fishing buddy Trixie peeking out of my jacket. She witnessed the entire fight. She can attest toContinue reading “The “Big Girl””

Bob Quinn’s Little Bass Lake Recipes

Here is Bob’s recipe book. It contains our famous Deer Drinking Chili Bob Quinn’s Little Bass Lake Cook Book Page Recipe 1 Red rice 2 Bean salad 3 Sugar beans 4 Shishkabob marinade Greek style 5 Chili 6 Beef Bar-B-Cue (squashed poop) 7 Shishkabob marinade Quinn style 8 Irish soda bread 9 Jon Hill’s spareribsContinue reading “Bob Quinn’s Little Bass Lake Recipes”

ICE FISHING AT THE LAKE

The Necessity of a Place: “Thirty Years at the Water’s Edge” By Bob Dentzman DRAFT MANUSCRIPT – NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION Copyright © 2025 by Bob Dentzman. All rights reserved This is an unpublished work provided for review purposes only. No part of this manuscript may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form orContinue reading “ICE FISHING AT THE LAKE”

A look at the cottage

Entry 4: The Scent and the Small Things (Fall 1994) The place was clean. It was also empty. We needed signs of life. We needed to change the air. The first job was small. Barb brought the photographs. We hung them on the cheap paneled walls. The art was wildlife pictures. We added knickknacks. IContinue reading “A look at the cottage”