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The latest from Our Little House in the Big Woods
- Spring is bustin’ out all over (and a blogging milestone)
- Traveling from little house in the woods to big city on the coast
- Healing a broken toe, watching the snow melt
- The maze is your labyrinth
- Mindfulness, equanimity–and a broken toe
- The perils and ecstasy of walking on snow
- Loss and gain
- Sad transitions
- Snow, snow, snow and it’s really __ __ __ __ __
- Vegetable scrap smiley for our company
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Tag Archives: fish
Lake Superior Creature Fairy Tale
In the old days, older than the oldest days, long before you drew your first ragged breath, long before your grandmother’s grandmother’s grandmother drew her first ragged and tentative breath–that’s when this story begins. In the bottom of Lake Superior … Continue reading
Posted in April, 2019
Tagged creature, daemon, fairy tale, fish, ice, inspiration, Lake Superior, myth, psychology, spring, story, thoughts, writing
30 Comments
Ours is not to wonder why…
…We have bigger fish to fry! About a year ago Barry’s ex-colleague lazily suggested one late autumn morning in between coffee sips, “Ours is not to wonder why…” and Barry, ever-the-fisherman replied, “We have bigger fish to fry!” He told … Continue reading
Posted in September 2013
Tagged death, decisions, fish, life, mystery, philosophy, questions, quotes, thoughts, why
37 Comments
Secret of the fuzzies, friends and Finn Fest–and bears.
It looks like it’s snowing here in Upper Michigan as the summer Solstice approaches. In between the green leaves a cascade of white fuzzies fill the sky. The fuzzies pile up on decks, front porches, in between newly planted tomato … Continue reading
Eat local. Eat fish.
I like the concept of “eating local”. How many of you read the book “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver? Show of hands, please! How many of you then wanted to live an entire year eating only food produced in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Animal, Anishinabe, bio-region, carrots, eating, fish, food, garden, history, humor, Keweenaw Co-op, Lake Superior, lake trout, local foods, Miracle, Native Americans, nutrition, Ojibway, organic, storage, Upper Peninsula, Vegetable, winter
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Ordinary musings (tee hee! Isn’t the ordinary always extra-ordinary?)
Dear Blog Readers: Sometimes it is so hard to write a blog. You want to know why? It’s because I loved, truly loved, the last two blogs about a) Flowing and b) the Chipmunk Kingdom. And now…all there is to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged blogging, fish, Houghton, Lake Superior, life, musings, personal, photography, spring
30 Comments
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish…
Did you ever read that Dr. Seuss book as a child? Or did you read it to your own children? One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. It’s so catchy that you remember the title 20 or 30 or 40 years … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Dr. Seuss, fish, google, ice fishing, Keweenaw Bay, Lake Superior, lake trout, life, outdoors, Upper Peninsula, winter
25 Comments
Lake Superior Spirit 
Tired & grateful
OK, guys, time to tell the truth. I’m tired. Exhausted. Bleary-eyed. What? you say. You’re not exhausted! Your poor husband is exhausted. He’s the one up on the roof shoveling off heavy snow. What have you been doing that’s so … Continue reading →