Category Archives: August 2014

My first love…before Lake Superior

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Kathy

Perhaps some of you might be surprised to know that my love of Lake Superior birthed on the shores of Lake Huron.  Shall I share about my first love down in lower Michigan, that long arm of the Great Lakes reaching … Continue reading →

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Follow your feet.

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Kathy

Years ago I attended a spiritual workshop out in the green and brown hills of Montana. The snowy crests of the Continental Divide towered over us.  Our teacher gave an assignment: Out you go onto the ranch.  Instead of allowing … Continue reading →

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Serendipity, a light house & wind-blown hair

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Kathy

I am downstate visiting my mom and dad now, having previously added these photos to Word Press during a very busy morning last Friday while preparing to depart. These images come to you from Big Bay, Michigan, where Suzi Banks … Continue reading →

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Ladies of the lake and other Lake Superior sunset photos

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Kathy

Friends, I am leaving again–heading downstate to visit my mom and dad and brothers and families–but still want to show you some sunset photos from an evening in Big Bay along Lake Superior last Friday night during the aforementioned book … Continue reading →

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What makes you shine? (the tale of a book tour…)

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Kathy

Hello, dear reader, you with your stories, with hands that create breakfast, lunch and dinner along with many mysteries. I am finally returning from the Giving Motherhood a Voice tour through our fair Upper Peninsula.  The waves of Lake Michigan … Continue reading →

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My public radio interview

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Kathy

Perhaps some of you remember that I am headed out on the “Giving Motherhood a Voice” Upper Peninsula book tour later this week. Three of us will be reading our contributions from An Anthology of Babes:  36 Women Give Motherhood a … Continue reading →

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When a raptor needs the doctor

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Kathy

I promised Karma some photos from last Friday night when we drove to the Baraga State Park to meet some raptors from the Upper Michigan Raptor Rehabilitation and Wildlife Center. Barry was covering this story for his job at our local … Continue reading →

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Oh, you, nature child

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Kathy

Oh, you, nature child, running free upon the earth, peering at frogs and snakes and puppy dog tails and wildflowers…I speak to you. Oh, you, grown-up person, all facts & figures, all planning & obligations, all trying to figure out how … Continue reading →

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The lives we didn’t live.

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Kathy

Sometimes I mourn that I’m not living so many other lives. Didn’t you want to be…a sailor on board a ship, sailing the world round, salty and carefree under tropical seas, watching whales dance, whispering to porpoises telling them secrets … Continue reading →

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