Tag Archives: ice

Let’s play Treasure Hunt

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Kathy

Yesterday I drove west and north toward “big town” grocery shopping up in Houghton. At first I asked the Holy if we could play a game–Treasure Hunt. That’s a game where you keep your eyes wide open and the Universe … Continue reading →

Posted in What the Heart Knows | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 25 Comments

Lake Superior Creature Fairy Tale

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Kathy

In the old days, older than the oldest days, long before you drew your first ragged breath, long before your grandmother’s grandmother’s grandmother drew her first ragged and tentative breath–that’s when this story begins. In the bottom of Lake Superior … Continue reading →

Posted in April, 2019 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 30 Comments

Time Marches On

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Kathy

This March afternoon–with about five to six inches of new wet heavy snow here in our never-ending snow country of the Upper Peninsula–I have been looking through old photos once again.  (Not that I look through them often.  Just every … Continue reading →

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

No swimming yet, kids

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Kathy

You may feel tired of seeing ice pictures. Many here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are weary, too, of the broken ice which swells into the bays of Lake Superior, then blows outward, then returns to us in patterns and reflections … Continue reading →

Posted in May 2014 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 20 Comments

Ice melts.

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Kathy

You wonder about the story of our lives here in the Upper Peninsula? It could be summed up in two words:  Ice melts. Ice melts on the bays. Ice turns blue, shaky, unstable. Don’t walk on it. Turn, instead, toward … Continue reading →

Posted in May 2014 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 28 Comments

The first time you’re called an old lady…

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Kathy

Sipping peppermint tea, another day, another coffee shop. Waiting for our daughter’s plane to fly the friendly skies toward Chicago, the Windy City.  It’s windy here, too, and the plane is delayed.  I’m not moving one inch toward home until … Continue reading →

Posted in January 2013 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 116 Comments

How would you like to live on an ice rink?

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Kathy

Haven’t you always wanted to live on an ice rink? You haven’t? Would you like to try it–just for a day or so? If your answer is an unequivocal “yes”, please move to the North  Woods.  Preferably on some country … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 60 Comments

Two swans a’swimmin’, One eagle landing…

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Kathy

 

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 31 Comments

We live in Lake Wobegon.

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Kathy

Everybody knows about Lake Wobegon, right? It’s a fictional little town in Northern Minnesota made famous by story-telling Garrison Keillor (one of my story-telling heroes.) Garrison hosts a radio show called “Prairie Home Companion” on Minnesota Public Radio every Saturday … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 32 Comments

Circle of Life (includes fish for all)

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Kathy

It’s hard to believe that yesterday we flew like eagles above Lake Superior on this blog, watching the ice fields, pondering the forming, sustaining and breaking up of winter ice. Today we’re on solid ground near Shanty Town in Baraga … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments