Posts Tagged ‘fish’
24
Feb
Posted by Kathy in February 2011. Tagged: Anishinabe, Baraga County, Circle of Life, directions, fish, ice, Keweenaw Bay, Lake Superior, life, Native American, Ojibway, outdoors, spirituality, Upper Peninsula. 18 Comments
It’s hard to believe that yesterday we flew like eagles above Lake Superior on this blog, watching the ice fields, pondering the forming, sustaining and breaking up of winter ice. Today we’re on solid ground near Shanty Town in Baraga watching what happens when we view the world like squirrels or chipmunks. (If you want [...]
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11
Feb
Posted by Kathy in February 2011. Tagged: Baraga County, fish, gratitude, gratitude challenge, humor, ice, Keweenaw Bay, Lake Superior, life, Miscellaneous, mist, musings, outdoors, peace, snow, sun, thoughts, Upper Peninsula, winter. 26 Comments
Breathe in the quiet of mist rising over the lake. Feel the peacefulness of it. Imagine the ice forming. After the heavy winds blew earlier this week, the ice covers the Keweenaw Bay a little south of Carla’s Restaurant and stretches past the Whirl-i-gig on the eastern side of the bay. As you head north, you [...]
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8
Feb
Posted by Kathy in February 2011. 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. 20 Comments
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 your local bio-region? (OK, you could choose one item from a far-away port. Like coffee. [...]
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12
Jan
Posted by Kathy in January 2011. Tagged: aquarium, art, Arvon Township School, Baraga, blogging, bubble, budgeting, creativity, fish, frames, Gallery 325, humor, ice, Keweenaw Bay, L'Anse, Lake Superior, personal, photography, rocks, Upper Peninsula, water, winter. 42 Comments
Let’s pretend we’re back in school and our teacher said, “Write a story about what you did today.” This blog is the story of my day. (Yes, yes, many blogs are stories about my day. But this one has photographs to accompany many pauses along the way. Patience, patience. We shall get to the Bubble [...]
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2
Apr
Posted by Kathy in April 2010. Tagged: blogging, fish, Houghton, Lake Superior, life, musings, personal, photography, spring. 30 Comments
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 write…is Ordinary Happenings. I mean–how can you compete with Flowing and the Chipmunk Kingdom? There [...]
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6
Mar
Posted by Kathy in March 2010. Tagged: Dr. Seuss, fish, google, ice fishing, Keweenaw Bay, Lake Superior, lake trout, life, outdoors, Upper Peninsula, winter. 25 Comments
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 later, don’t you? It’s still so popular that you can Google those words and come [...]
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4
Mar
Posted by Kathy in March 2010. Tagged: blogging, comments, exhaustion, fish, gratitude, hits, Keweenaw Bay, life, personal, snow, statistics, Upper Peninsula, WordPress. 34 Comments
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 tiring? Checking blog hits? Umm…umm…yes. At least that’s what I did obsessively for 24 hours [...]
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31
Jan
Posted by Kathy in January 2010. Tagged: bears, Copper Country, fish, Hancock, Heikinpaiva, Houghton, Joey's Seafood Restaurant, life, photography, thoughts, Upper Peninsula, winter. 11 Comments
Let’s still talk about the Heikinpaiva celebration up in Hancock this weekend. Remember what “Heikinpaiva” means? It means when the bear rolls over in his (or her) den. What it really means is that the bear is snoozing in his den, half-asleep. Suddenly he senses that the winter is half over. Time to roll over on the [...]
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12
Jan
Posted by Kathy in Uncategorized. Tagged: cold, dreams, fish, ice, Keweenaw Bay, Lake Superior, lake trout, musings, philosophy, photographs, spirituality, thoughts, winter, writing. 15 Comments
Silver-finned lake trout glide deep below the surface of Lake Superior, ice already submerging their midnight dreams. On the rocky bottoms they move silently in almost total darkness. Their eyes dream shadows. They swim to a different drummer, an underwater rhythm, a song of gills and scales and minnow-dreams. At the surface, another dream froths the [...]
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4 Mar
Tired & grateful
Posted by Kathy in March 2010. Tagged: blogging, comments, exhaustion, fish, gratitude, hits, Keweenaw Bay, life, personal, snow, statistics, Upper Peninsula, WordPress. 34 Comments
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 tiring? Checking blog hits? Umm…umm…yes. At least that’s what I did obsessively for 24 hours [...]
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