Tag Archives: Book Club

Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work I go (after a quick blog)

This morning, awake at 5:45 a.m., after stoking the wood stove, igniting the gas beneath the tea kettle, pouring a pink glass of grapefruit juice, I turned on the Kindle Fire to check email. There, sitting so innocently in the … Continue reading

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These lazy hazy crazy days of summer…

In mid-summer the Main Street in our little town buzzes with cars and visitors. People from other locales sometimes drive hundreds of miles north to splash in Lake Superior, to camp in the Baraga State Park, to tour the Copper … Continue reading

Posted in August 2013 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 68 Comments

Dust bunnies begone, gasping over curry soup & a wildlife announcement.

Last night I hosted Book Club at our house. (One only need do this once a year.  Our little club meets every other month and there are about ten women, max, so one need only clean dust bunnies every year, … Continue reading

Posted in February 2013 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 58 Comments

Our annual Christmas fight

Every Christmas season it’s the same.  The hard-scrabbling fight for presents, the intense gleam in greedy eyes as we steal the gaily wrapped packages, the glint of green and red holiday lights on the dice as they clatter against metal. … Continue reading

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

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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Do squirrels eat wild mushrooms & do you like questions more than answers?

You’re wondering if red squirrels eat wild mushrooms, aren’t you?  You’re wondering if I really saw a red squirrel fiercely chomp into a wild mushroom, leap five inches into the air, grab the wild mushroom between its jaws and run … Continue reading

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