Archive - Keys’s Substack

Are You Building a Vacation or a Life?

The Saturday in July is a different animal from the Tuesday in February

Jul 14 • Keys to the Lakes

Turns Out Everything Old Is New Again

Introducing a new monthly series on the history of the region

Jul 14 • Keys to the Lakes

The Honest Summer

Life in July here is a story of parallel tracks, not one experience

Jul 9 • Keys to the Lakes

So You Want to Buy an Old Farmhouse

Four listings, $425K to $1.25 million, and why the price isn't the point

Jul 7 • Keys to the Lakes

What You Do After the Answer Lands

Because houses don't buy themselves.

Jul 5 • Keys to the Lakes

Lakes Region After Dark

Not that kind of after dark. The kind with frogs.

Jul 2 • Keys to the Lakes

June 2026

Where to Catch the Fourth of July in the Lakes Region (2026 Edition)

Jun 30 • Keys to the Lakes

What to Do in the Lakes Region This July

The madcap middle of summer

Jun 28 • Keys to the Lakes

Want to Steward History?

History asks different things depending on how historical we're talking.

Jun 25 • Keys to the Lakes

An Open Tuesday

This is the fabric of life up here.

Jun 23 • Keys to the Lakes

And how to love them. Really.

Jun 18 • Keys to the Lakes

Tables Worth Finding

An Opinionated Guide to Eating in the Lakes Region

Jun 16 • Keys to the Lakes

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