Tag Archives: Miscellaneous

I will not wear a bikini and jump in the frozen lake today.

The Informal Schedule of my day in the north woods. 1)  Wake up at 6:20 a.m.  (Actually, I wake up at 5:32 a.m.  5:45 a.m.  6:01 a.m.  You know, think a little bit.  Try not to think a little bit. … Continue reading

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I wish you the very best. Always.

I am thinking about my friends this evening. One friend awaits to discover tomorrow if lymphoma has deepened inside her; how far cancer extends its ever-extending reach. Another friend nurses her parents; one with Parkinson’s Disease, the other with neurological … Continue reading

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Pregnancy, ditches, dog-catchers and death

Tuesday I drove toward town on slushy roads.  You know, the kind of snow-melting roads desirous to fling an unsuspecting car into the woods.  You mustn’t drive faster than 45 miles an hour or you’ll be ditch-bound.  Four-wheel drive pickup … Continue reading

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Time for a Pow Wow Slideshow

**My very FIRST slideshow!  Aren’t you proud?**

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Pillowcase in the breeze; light in the forest

I wish you all many peaceful sun-dappled days in your future.  May you enjoy days of sweetness, in which the world appears peaceful and lazy, filled with just-enough.  Just enough to do.  Just enough to be.  Just enough to lazily … Continue reading

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Rain, Mom’s Coleslaw dressing & nursing deer

All day long it has rained. Rain, rain, rain. The skies open their gray curtains and water drips everywhere:  on grass, on dandelions, on trees, on robins, on hummingbirds, on fawns nursing against Mama Deer. I stay inside all day.  No … Continue reading

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A perfect ideal wonderful awesome incredible gorgeous magnificent day in the woods!

Quiet morning in the woods. Actually, it’s not quiet at all.  People only think the forest is quiet.  Actually, it’s a noisy squawking pounding cackling world out there.  The woodpeckers drum on the rotten trees, searching for insects.  Robins and … Continue reading

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“Hank, why do you blog?”

Does everyone know the country music song “Family Tradition” by Hank Williams, Jr.? Part of the refrain:  Hank, why do you drink? Hank, why do you roll smoke? Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? It’s a very … Continue reading

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Funky, whimsical, ordinary & rejected photos

Behold:  Funky, whimsical, ordinary & rejected photos from my stockpile for April and May: OK!  I think we’re ready to move on to June now. The photography files have been emptied, swept cleaned, backed up.  Our temperature soared to 85 degrees this … Continue reading

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Pounding rain, salmon fillets & old cars in the woods

Random Memorial Day facts. 1.  It is Memorial Day. 2.  A red-breasted robin pulls worms from the wet green grass outside the kitchen window. 3.  It rained cats & dogs an hour ago.  Thunder rumbled.  Lightening sizzled.  The electricity flashed … Continue reading

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