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The latest from Our Little House in the Big Woods
- Spring is bustin’ out all over (and a blogging milestone)
- Traveling from little house in the woods to big city on the coast
- Healing a broken toe, watching the snow melt
- The maze is your labyrinth
- Mindfulness, equanimity–and a broken toe
- The perils and ecstasy of walking on snow
- Loss and gain
- Sad transitions
- Snow, snow, snow and it’s really __ __ __ __ __
- Vegetable scrap smiley for our company
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Tag Archives: family
Traveling from little house in the woods to big city on the coast
It’s a quiet May morning in our little house in the woods. Gray clouds scud across the tops of budding poplar trees. Wind blows her gusty breath on the deck umbrella which we just retrieved from the basement in honor … Continue reading
Loss and gain
We lost my father-in-law, Jim, this weekend. Barry lost his dad. Our kids lost their dear grandpa. Our loss is heaven’s gain. I don’t have much inclination to write. It’s a quiet time. But I am reflecting on loss and … Continue reading
Posted in March 2022
Tagged death, family, gain, Keweenaw Bay, life, loss, spring, Upper Peninsula, winter
72 Comments
Sad transitions
We lounged on the patio in my in-law’s backyard in early March. It was almost 80 degrees. A bluebird fluttered on the branch of a nearby magnolia tree and cardinals sang their sweet song in the fig tree. An hour … Continue reading
Posted in March 2022
Tagged cancer, dementia, family, Georgia, illness, nature, sadness, snow, Upper Peninsula
68 Comments
“Best of times, worst of times”
This has been a hard post to write. I have put it off for a week wondering what to say, how to express it, what to avoid sharing. As many of you know, we recently visited Barry’s elderly parents in … Continue reading
Posted in December 2021
Tagged dementia, elderly parents, family, Georgia, love, sadness, State Botanical Gardens of Georgia, trip, vacation
47 Comments
Angels looking after you
All day, all night, angels looking after you, my dear… This is a song I used to sing to my kids when they were growing up. The “real” lyrics are slightly different, but we all make up words to songs, … Continue reading
Posted in December 2021
Tagged angels, blessings, faith, family, Georgia, hope, travel, Upper Peninsula
30 Comments
Turkey interrupto & other Thanksgiving chit chat
Thanksgiving, 2021 in our little house in the woods. Snowflakes tumble from the sky joining their brothers and sisters in a skiff of snow on the November landscape. Our wood stove hums in the basement heating the upstairs to a … Continue reading
Posted in November 2021
Tagged family, giving, gratitude, holiday, humor, love, sadness, stream-of-consciousness, Thanksgiving, turkey, Upper Peninsula
31 Comments
Miracle of an October walk beside the Slate River
Every October Robin (over at the blog Breezes at Dawn) hosts Walktober. We bloggers are invited to take a walk, write about it, link back to her original post. If anyone wants to participate please read her Walktober post and … Continue reading
Posted in October, 2021
Tagged Black Slate Falls, blogging, family, Mom, Slate River, Walktober
66 Comments
Mums for my mom
Guess who is coming to visit next week? If the planets align and all is well–my almost 89 year old mom will soon be coming to visit our little house in the woods! Last time she and Dad visited was … Continue reading
Posted in October, 2021
Tagged fall, family, Michigan, Mom, mums, personal, Upper Peninsula
34 Comments
Let the photos do the talking
If you wait for a blogging story to appear, sometimes you might wait forever. Forever and a day, and it seems sometimes like there’s nothing to say. It occurred this week to just show you some pictures from the last … Continue reading
Posted in October, 2021
Tagged autumn, fall, family, L'Anse, Lake Superior, lighthouse, Marquette, Michigan, photography, Upper Peninsula
36 Comments