Ice happens. Those who live up north in Wisconsin, Lake Superior Country, know a thing or two about the hazards of winter, a season that sometimes drags on like an eternity. A friend and craft brewer in Ashland tells me he’s seen snow in every month of the year but one. But for those who choose to live here, ice is just something you learn to negotiate and even incorporate into your leisure time. The wintery event Book Across the Bay is a fine example of turning your frozen lemon concentrate into lemonade. The bay in question is Chequamegon Bay on Lake Superior, where the cities of Ashland, Washburn, and Bayfield look across at each other from along the curving shore tucked under that little horn at the top of Wisconsin, the Bayfield Peninsula. Thanks to its shallow and sheltered waters, the bay is practically guaranteed to freeze over each …