Monthly Archives: May 2011

Funky, whimsical, ordinary & rejected photos

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Kathy

Behold:  Funky, whimsical, ordinary & rejected photos from my stockpile for April and May: OK!  I think we’re ready to move on to June now. The photography files have been emptied, swept cleaned, backed up.  Our temperature soared to 85 degrees this … Continue reading →

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Pounding rain, salmon fillets & old cars in the woods

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Kathy

Random Memorial Day facts. 1.  It is Memorial Day. 2.  A red-breasted robin pulls worms from the wet green grass outside the kitchen window. 3.  It rained cats & dogs an hour ago.  Thunder rumbled.  Lightening sizzled.  The electricity flashed … Continue reading →

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Dear Baby Bear,

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Kathy

Dear Baby Bear, Why did you climb our little itty bitty maple tree?  Why did you fall to the earth, amazed that you couldn’t stay aloft forever? How could you accidentally break these branches without us knowing? Did your mama … Continue reading →

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Preciousness of life

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Kathy

Sometimes the world seems like a dismal place, a sorrowful place, a filled-with-suffering place. Tornados roar and hundreds die.  Wars gun down thousands.  Hurricanes strike.  Earthquakes rumble and swallow.  We humans bemoan health care or politics or dozens of other … Continue reading →

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Reluctantly turning from health care back to the woods.

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Kathy

Christopher, dear son, pardon me. I know I just told you–not a half hour ago–that I wasn’t writing a blog for a long time. No. People could just read my health care rant over and over and over again. And … Continue reading →

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Dear Blue Cross, Congress, President Obama and the American People,

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Kathy

Dear Blue Cross, Congress, President Obama and the American People (and anyone else who will listen), I am a frustrated woman this morning.  Can any of you do something–anything–to help the 36-46 million Americans who are waking up without health … Continue reading →

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Streams, Bluebird & Wood ticks

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Kathy

I had no intention of writing a blog today.  Other things to do, you know.  First, work at the school.  It’s a long story why I was working on Tuesday instead of Monday (my usual day) but I will not … Continue reading →

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Crooked thoughts & a straight horizon

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Kathy

“When I come up here, and I see that great big straight horizon line, all the crooked thoughts in me straighten out.” –Reportedly said by Birney Quick about Lake Superior.  Mr. Quick was a painter and founder of the Grand Marais Art Colony, … Continue reading →

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The U.P. woods say “Hello!”

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Kathy

Unfurling fern                

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“A horse is a horse, of course, of course”

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Kathy

Let’s say you decide to write a blog about horses.  But you know practically Zero about horses.  What to say, what to say?  You could tell about your own horse experience. 1.  Family used to go horseback riding–maybe two or … Continue reading →

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