Monthly Archives: August 2012

How vulnerable dare we bloggers be?

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Kathy

Let’s face it, kids. We can be such complicated human beings. There are many sides to us. And we’re not always comfortable with all our sides. How vulnerable do we want to be? Specifically, how vulnerable do we bloggers want … Continue reading →

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In which I almost run over a black cat

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Kathy

This is my day thus far and it’s only 10 a.m. I awoke wanting to write another blog, yet again. The people-pleaser part of me sternly warned, “Do not write another blog, as you should give people time to digest … Continue reading →

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The last place on earth, honest

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Kathy

Karma, over there at Karma’s When I Feel Like It Blog, sometimes tempts us with photo hunts.  I’m usually not participating in photo hunts these days, but she truly peaked my interest when she announced her challenge “The End of … Continue reading →

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Who is that stranger in the mirror?

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Kathy

Years ago, I stood in front of the long mirror in my parent’s green bathroom, the bathroom directly across from my childhood bedroom, and stared befuddled at the reflecting image. A curly wavy wild reddish-haired urchin with glasses stared impassively … Continue reading →

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Neil Armstrong, you’re on the moon tonight

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Kathy

I just heard the news. Neil Armstrong has died.  A good 82 years strong, he’s now passed on. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon on a July evening, back in 1969. He was my hero, that moon-dust walker, because he … Continue reading →

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Do not keep obsessing about your eye, please.

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Kathy

I am supposed to be at work. Luckily, I set my own hours at the school, but I am also a hard task-master who frowns at lounging around the house when it’s necessary to pack a box for the auditor. … Continue reading →

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Goodnight, sandstone cliffs. Goodnight, sun. Thanks for making us shine.

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Kathy

My husband, Barry, had his one month post-surgery second knee replacement appointment in Marquette on Tuesday afternoon.  He’s healing so nicely we decided to play! We drove an hour further east to Munising and boarded a sunset shipwreck tour headed toward Grand Island.  … Continue reading →

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Dreams of husk and silk steamed with corny jokes

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Kathy

This Sunday morning we are freezing local fresh sweet corn. Last week, on a whim, I followed “Sweet Corn” signs through L’Anse, turn here, now turn there, out by the Little League ball field, to a pickup truck filled to … Continue reading →

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In which Gulliver gets tied up and we eat green bean casserole

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Kathy

Tonight six or seven or maybe eight of us will sit around living room chairs at Mary’s house to discuss our latest Book Club selection. You want to know the exciting name of our selection? Gulliver’s Travels. Which yours truly did … Continue reading →

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Who do you think you are anyway?

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Kathy

Many years ago I drove our maroon Buick south through green forested highways, south through industrial Green Bay, further south past the mall in Appleton, Wisconsin.  I became hopelessly entangled in a web of Milwaukee streets and shivered in neighborhoods … Continue reading →

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