Tag Archives: guest blog

100% Backwoods Yooper

Last week Barry and I drove to a Baraga-Ontonagon high school basketball tournament, about an hour from where we live.  We found ourselves ‘way back in the Upper Peninsula (Yooper) backwoods, re-living a family memory from the early 1980’s. Barry … Continue reading

Posted in March 2015 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 67 Comments

The Great Blogging Switcheroo (Roughwighting style)

Good Friday morning, readers!  I’ve got a surprise for you today. My blogging buddy, Pam, over yonder at her blog roughwighting and I have done The Great Blogging Switcheroo. What, you ask, is a Great Blogging Switcheroo?   A Great Blogging Switcheroo … Continue reading

Posted in September 2013 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 62 Comments

Meet Dawn–who teaches us the difference between a Troll and a Yooper

Dear Readers,    It is time to meet another friend/blog reader/commenter!  This time it’s Dawn King from down below the Mackinac Bridge.  That makes her a troll.  (I was born a troll, but am now a Yooper. Barely.  The locals aren’t … Continue reading

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Musings from the Day Before Surgery

First things first.  Thank you all who welcomed Robin to the “living room” in our Little House in the Big Woods.  I appreciate your friendliness so much.  It brings to mind the first time I wrote a guest blog.  It … Continue reading

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Meet Robin! (She’s doing a 365 day outdoor commitment, too!)

Time to meet another blog reader/commenter.  I am thrilled to feature Robin this month…please extend her a hearty welcome some words of encouragement to help her through her year-long outdoor commitment.  When Kathy asked me if I’d like to do … Continue reading

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The end of a long June day…

Soft, quiet, sleepy June evening. Sitting in the lull of evening after an active day of running here, there and everywhere.  I have a funny story  to tell you, but no energy to tell it yet. Birds chirp their night-songs as … Continue reading

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Moose on the loose!

 I, your regular blog writer, have not seen a moose since the early 1990’s.  The kids were elementary school students.  We were headed home from Marquette one fine spring day when–   OHMYGOODNESS!!! What is that strange creature crossing the road in … Continue reading

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