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The latest from Our Little House in the Big Woods
- Spring is bustin’ out all over (and a blogging milestone)
- Traveling from little house in the woods to big city on the coast
- Healing a broken toe, watching the snow melt
- The maze is your labyrinth
- Mindfulness, equanimity–and a broken toe
- The perils and ecstasy of walking on snow
- Loss and gain
- Sad transitions
- Snow, snow, snow and it’s really __ __ __ __ __
- Vegetable scrap smiley for our company
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Snow, snow, snow and it’s really __ __ __ __ __
So while my “southern” friends are posting pictures of crocuses and daffodils, we’re still getting snow, snow and more snow. If you’re a Wordle player (which I am) please guess the following word __ __ __ __ __ You have … Continue reading
Posted in February 2022
Tagged Keweenaw Bay, photography, plowing, shoveling, snow, Upper Peninsula, winter, Wordle
45 Comments
When a river turns silver (and a long-ago shamanic dream)
We’re transitioning into winter now. Here is the Silver River just a couple of miles from our house. The river turns colors as the ice forms: black, white, silver. Years ago I used to wander down here and sit by … Continue reading
Posted in December 2021, Photo shorts
Tagged memory, personal, photography, shamanic dream, Silver River, thoughts, Upper Peninsula, winter
27 Comments
December light in our little house in the woods
When the low sun shines here in the Upper Peninsula at this time of year–and that’s a big when–light enters our house in long ribbons of luminescence. The winter can drag as gray skies loom overhead and lake effect clouds … Continue reading
Posted in December 2021, Photo shorts
Tagged dark, light, personal, Photo shorts, photography, Solstice, thoughts, Upper Peninsula, winter, yoga
29 Comments
Magic of a winter bonfire in the woods
We’ve been saving wood scraps in a burn pile in the woods for maybe four years now. We didn’t want to light it during the summer or fall due to wildfire possibilities–but three inches of new-fallen snow is perfect. Twilight … Continue reading
Posted in November 2021
Tagged bats, bonfire, burn, burn pile, flames, nature, personal, photography, photos, Upper Peninsula, woods
32 Comments
Driftwood pyre over Lake Superior
I love stumbling upon these driftwood pyres, these pieces of beach art. A pyre, Google assures, can mean a pile of combustible material made for burning. It does not just apply to funeral ceremonies in India. This one overlooks Lake … Continue reading
Posted in November 2021, Photo shorts
Tagged beach, ceremony, driftwood art, driftwood pyres, Lake Superior, nature, Photo shorts, photography, photos, Sand Point
25 Comments
“Can I help you? What would you like today?”
In our Upper Peninsula many folks own camps–a second little home, shack or trailer tucked away out in the woods or by the lake. How apropos that some enterprising business person here in L’Anse bought a cute little camper and … Continue reading
Posted in November 2021, Photo shorts
Tagged Camp Coffee, camps, cappuccino, coffee, latte, Photo Short, photography, photos, Upper Peninsula
23 Comments
I’m playing a fun game
Yesterday I started playing a fun game. Today I will share that game with you. We might call it Photo shorts. It’s a blogging game. You know I love writing 900 words about 900 different stories. But yesterday I decided … Continue reading
Posted in November 2021, Photo shorts
Tagged blogging, fun, game, life, Photo shorts, photography, thoughts, Upper Peninsula
36 Comments
No shopping allowed
Walking on the beach in Baraga behind the Pow Wow grounds. Ice cold late November Black Friday, 20 degrees F (-6 C). No shopping allowed, unless it’s for photos or beach glass or sun peeking through dark clouds. What’s more … Continue reading
Posted in November 2021, Photo shorts
Tagged Black Friday, life, nature, photography, shopping, thoughts, Upper Peninsula
20 Comments
Still intrigued
On Sunday I wrote a blog post using only questions. It was based on the book “Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know” by Adam Grant. You know the feeling when creativity just makes you happy? When … Continue reading
Posted in November 2021
Tagged Adam Grant, book, book review, conflict, creativity, inspiration, joy, opinions, photography, Think again, uncertainty
25 Comments
Yet another miracle of blooming and letting go
Every autumn for twelve years I’ve wanted to share this with you. However, other priorities prevented it. Either I wasn’t blogging at the time or another post wanted to flower. However now–today–this very moment–it’s apparently time. Do you see the … Continue reading
Posted in November 2021
Tagged blooming, flowers, hope, inspiration, love, lupines, Michigan, milkweed, Miracle, nature, photography, spirituality, Upper Peninsula
39 Comments