Tag Archives: Keweenaw

Isle Royale–our guest blogger’s favorite place on earth

(Dear readers, how about welcoming another guest blogger?  This time it’s my husband, Barry.  He’s recently back from his favorite place on earth.  Want to guess where that might be?  Hint:  It involves boats, fishing and the Great North!  –Kathy) … Continue reading

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Enjoy these sculptures of ice as you sit in your warm house.

Welcome to Michigan Technological University’s annual Winter Carnival.  Every year the students carve incredible ice sculptures and compete for top honors.  We traveled “up the road” on Thursday to view the ice sculptures.  Barry took the day off work.  We … Continue reading

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From Lions to Bears to Reindeer…Welcome to Heikinpaiva!

          Yoko Onomaki and John Lennoniemi (you have to realize that lots of the Finns who settled around the Upper Peninsula have last names like “Maki” and “Niemi”) handed out the words to the song they sang: “Imagine … Continue reading

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