Tag Archives: Ojibway

Would you like to sleep in a tepee?

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Kathy

Yesterday  in Wal-Mart, near the pickles, I nearly tripped over a Native American elder driving a cart.  Years ago, he led sweat lodges in our area in which I participated.  We prayed together, many of us in the dark tarped … Continue reading →

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Lady in the moon

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Kathy

Who says there’s a “man” in the moon? I think there’s a woman hiding out in her shadows, playing with the branches softly veiling her face. The moon is definitely female.  She waxes; she wanes.  She changes with cycles.  She … Continue reading →

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Time for a Pow Wow Slideshow

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Kathy

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

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Get on your dancing moccasins: Keweenaw Bay Pow Wow 2011

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Kathy
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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 →

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Eat local. Eat fish.

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Kathy

I like the concept of “eating local”.  How many of you read the book “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver?  Show of hands, please! How many of you then wanted to live an entire year eating only food produced in … Continue reading →

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Winter Stories of Lake Superior

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Kathy

You can’t be part of a 30-day Gratitude Challenge around here without feeling gratitude for this place where we live.  Feeling gratitude for the woods.  For the million trees.  For the deer and bear and squirrels hunkering down in the … Continue reading →

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Pow Wow drums & a pickle

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Kathy

Baraga Pow-Wow, 2010. Thirty second annual Keweenaw Bay Maawanji’iding at the Ojibwa Campground.  Theme:  Honoring our Legacy.    Kiah and I drove over Saturday afternoon.  She wanted especially to connect with a couple of friends who would be at the … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a (recovering) non-visual person

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Kathy

Do you see that pine cone sitting here on the top of this blog?  Do you really see it?  If you do–if you’re looking at it deeply–even noticing the needles and branches, I would say you are a Visual Person. … Continue reading →

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