Monthly Archives: March 2012

Orphan, clock keeper, thief…

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Kathy

Hey kids! Do I have a book for you to read during Easter break. Don’t tell me you don’t have time to read. In between swinging on trees in the woods, and maybe building a fort behind the house, and … Continue reading →

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“Goodbye fish! HAVE A NICE DAY!”

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Kathy

Dear Blog Family, Wow.  Double wow.  Triple WOW!  I am speechless at your response to yesterday’s second blog about Mean-hearted comments.  Now I know where to turn when I’m having a bad day.  You guys are the best! Don’t you … Continue reading →

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Mean-hearted comments

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Kathy

I have such trouble figuring out people who can make mean comments. People who write or speak from their anger, their frustration, their fighting spirit. People who use their tongue or pen to maim, injure, destroy. I usual react the … Continue reading →

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Granola with Apple Juice Concentrate

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Kathy

Good morning.  Here’s a different kind of blog today, don’t you think? In January Tammy over at Agrigirl’s Blog offered a fabulous recipe for making Granola with Apple Juice Concentrate.  (Please read Starting Fresh to enjoy the recipe she shared.) Perhaps … Continue reading →

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What you can and can’t do when your power goes off in the woods.

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Kathy

When your electricity flickers and goes off in the woods about 8 or 9 a.m. here is what you can’t do: 1. You can’t work on your treasurer’s reports for Thursday’s annual township meeting, because all reporting material exists solely … Continue reading →

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200,000 hits? Arms wide open…

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Kathy

You may have noticed a flurry of blogging here on Lake Superior Spirit lately.  (You haven’t?  You thought it was just ordinary blogging?) I am here bright & early before work on a Monday morning to tell you–it’s been a … Continue reading →

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MOOSE! See the MOOSE? Do you see it? DO you?

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Kathy

All joking aside, our most famous local celebrity is–a Moose. It can be seen munching swamp-grass on the Skanee Road, to the great delight of community members driving between L’Anse and Skanee or Aura. This same moose–or a distant relative–lounged … Continue reading →

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You can quit worrying now

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Kathy

I know you’ve been biting your nails all week, wondering how I was dealing with becoming a local celebrity.  You’ve been nervous, haven’t you?  You’ve been fussing with heart palpitations and cold sweats about how Kathy was surviving the indignity–yes, … Continue reading →

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Dear flower

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Kathy

In what ways are you opening this spring? In what ways are you blooming? Bloom, dear flower, bloom into the fullest being you can be.

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Dear Secret Diary

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Kathy

Dear, dearest diary, I am sorry I have not written in your lined paper pages for such a long time.  I am so sorry to have deserted you for this new-fangled writing instrument called a “blog”.  (I know you are … Continue reading →

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