Tag Archives: family

Winter winked its lazy ice-blue eye at us this morning.

Posted on September 14, 2020 by

Winter winked its lazy ice-blue eye at us this morning. Thirty seven autumn degrees, it nodded. Prepare thyselves. I am coming. Just around the pumpkin bend. Dig up those garden carrots. Finish those bunching onions. I’m coming first for the … Continue reading →

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Should I stay or should I go?

Posted on August 11, 2020 by

I am feeling so much indecision these days.  Are any of you feeling the same? Let’s take a simple action like driving into the “big city” of Marquette tomorrow or the next day.  I need new summer pajamas, a lightweight … Continue reading →

Posted in August, 2020 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 43 Comments

In the shadow of one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes

Posted on August 9, 2020 by

      This morning I paused and looked at photos from our gala Italian wedding trip last June.  Most of you may recall reading about that here on the blog recently, one year later, but better late than never, … Continue reading →

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Birthday seashells and blessings (like friends, electricity and raspberry crumble)

Posted on July 20, 2020 by

Today is my birthday. Sixty three years old, or so the birth certificate says. My mom agrees–back in 1957 she gave birth to her first little baby some time just after 1 a.m. She doesn’t remember the exact time, and … Continue reading →

Posted in July, 2020 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 61 Comments

One year memories of Positano, Italy wedding

Posted on June 22, 2020 by

Such a nostalgic day!  One year ago today–June 22, 2019–our daughter and her fiance married in Positano, Italy. It was the trip of a lifetime.  Twenty of us traveled across the ocean from the United States to see the bride … Continue reading →

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Dad’s phantom 85th birthday and an upcoming Italian wedding

Posted on June 2, 2019 by

There is not one thought in this head. Can a person write a blog with nothing in the world to say?  With no important theme to share?  Nothing strung together in connected paragraphs? Let us try. Today shines forth as … Continue reading →

Posted in June, 2019 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 33 Comments

How big can our love be?

Posted on January 13, 2019 by

I often wonder. How big can our love be? Does it stop with ourselves?  Is our love only for our individual human self, our Kathy, our John, our Diana, our Lee Ann, our own precious being wearing this human flesh? … Continue reading →

Posted in January, 2019 | Tagged , , , , , | 35 Comments

The Christmas Eve blues

Posted on December 24, 2018 by

  Dear Blogging Friends, I am having one of “those” Christmas Eve moments.  I’m sure some of you have had them too.  Those moments when you’re suddenly feeling blue, out-of-sorts, dismal.  It’s not yet time to open gifties (that’s tomorrow … Continue reading →

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Gorgeous glowing glass & gardens in Seattle, Washington

Posted on June 22, 2018 by

  Say you decide to visit the Pacific Northwest.  Say you find yourself in Seattle, Washington.  Say you find yourself with a full afternoon to explore the bustling city.  Where might you visit?  What might you do? Many folks head … Continue reading →

Posted in June 2018 | Tagged , , , , , , | 31 Comments

Happy Mother’s Day weekend (random blogging musings)

Posted on May 11, 2018 by

I am having so much trouble writing a blog these days.  There’s either nothing to say, or too much to say. It doesn’t feel easy and carefree in ways that it used to be. It appears I may quit blogging … Continue reading →

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