Monthly Archives: February 2010

Ladies Night Out (Sure-fire way to banish Cabin Fever Blues)

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Kathy

Now comes the moment to share with you about our trip to Marquette on Friday and Saturday.  My friend, Bertha, and I arranged to meet at an Irish Pub on Washington Street at 4:30 p.m.  It’s called the Wild Rover. … Continue reading →

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“Keep Off During Storms or Rough Seas”

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Kathy

Hello, everyone!  I’m home after another adventure.  My friend Bertha and I met for an overnight mid-winter retreat in Marquette yesterday.  Since we’re both so independent, we had to drive separately.  (Also because she’s spending another night with a friend before … Continue reading →

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Confession and announcement

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Kathy

I have a tiny confession.  And an announcement. Remember yesterday’s blog about simplifying?  About looking around at our lives and pruning away that which is no longer needed…in order to make space for some newness, some creativity, some joy, some … Continue reading →

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Simplify, simplify, simplify

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Kathy

Good evening.  Dinner is finished and the driveway plowed.  Light still illuminates our fair land, an impossible feat at this hour over a month ago.  It won’t be really dark until some time after 7 p.m. I wandered downstairs to … Continue reading →

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Ordinary yet extra-ordinary moments

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Kathy

A day is so often filled with many ordinary–yet extra-ordinary–moments.  If we’re speeding too fast along the highway of life we miss these precious moments.  We gloss over them.  We let them pass without realizing their precious nature, without saying … Continue reading →

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Let there be icicles (before they all melt!)

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Kathy

This blog is dedicated to icicles everywhere.  You know who you are.  Hanging on eaves, on windows, on roofs.  You readers know what the icicles are doing now.  Shhh…open your door…listen.  If the temperature has nudged above the freezing mark, the icicles … Continue reading →

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Fallen Angel Wing

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Kathy

   

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Swooshing on skis along Lake Superior

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Kathy

  Forget what I said recently about preferring snowshoeing to cross-country skiing. Yesterday completely busted my previous opinion. “You’re making such a liar out of me,” I told Nancy as we skied along on flat, flat ground, our skis swooshing … Continue reading →

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Kissed by a Pit Bull

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Kathy

Oh, the lessons life teaches us!  One after another, the lessons arrive and teach us. This morning, Life kissed me on the cheek. And dissolved yet another pre-conceived idea, another pre-conceived prejudice.  Here’s what happened: I sat on my friend Jan’s … Continue reading →

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The kindness of friends, family & blog-readers makes me cry…

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Kathy

I am amazed that so much kindness exists in the world.  So much giving.  So much opening the hands and heart…so much outpouring of love and friendship and joy into a world that sometimes seems too cruel, too violent, too … Continue reading →

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