Tag Archives: Lake Superior

Lake Superior Creature Fairy Tale

Posted on April 23, 2019 by

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

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

Keep giving away…

Posted on March 22, 2018 by

  I have been pondering giving a lot lately.  When the world seems turned upside down and backwards, it’s often not clear what we can do to help. One thing that can so soothe a weary or confused soul is … Continue reading →

Posted in March 2018 | Tagged , , , , , , | 29 Comments

Radiant skies & freighter on the way to radiation

Posted on November 29, 2017 by

I’ve been driving my dear friend Susan to radiation treatment for breast cancer in Marquette several times in these past couple of months.  She’s traveled to the hospital for treatment over an hour and a half away from Baraga five … Continue reading →

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Benediction of sunlight and lupines

Posted on June 10, 2016 by

Sunlight hummed its June song this morning, leaping up through branch after branch, attempting to climb higher and higher above the tallest poplar and maple and spruce trees. Sunlight beckoned me, too, c’mon lazybones, sleepyhead, upsy daisy, how about a … Continue reading →

Posted in June 2016 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 69 Comments

Oh the flow…

Posted on May 21, 2016 by

I recently returned home to the Upper Peninsula after a week-long visit with my mom in the Thumb of Michigan.  It’s a 550 mile drive from the western U.P. through the sands of the eastern U.P. through breaking-into-spring greens in … Continue reading →

Posted in May 2016 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 76 Comments

Jagged ice fields of Lake Superior

Posted on February 20, 2015 by

If you’re shivering and cold here on this winter day, you might choose to visit another blog. I am aiming to show you some photos of jagged ice on Lake Superior here in Aura, Michigan.  At the foot of Saari … Continue reading →

Posted in February 2015 | Tagged , , , , , | 108 Comments