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My true love bought me dandelion jelly.

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Kathy

My true love bought me dandelion jelly this week. The woman who sold it to him pronounced, “It tastes like honey.” This morning I slathered clear-colored dandelion jelly atop a piece of Ezekiel Bread covered with natural crunchy peanut butter. … Continue reading →

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What should I write about? When? Why?

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Kathy

After three years of blogging some nights I sit at the computer and think–“what?”–what shall I write?  Is there a theme which should be encompassed?  Should I focus on Lake Superior and the land?  The geography?  The region, the people, … Continue reading →

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(Our addiction to !!! and …)

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Kathy

OK, I’m addicted, too.  The first step of the 12 step program is that we admit we are powerless over our addiction–in this case, exclamation points and ellipses.  (Ellipses are the three dots you see dangling a sentence into infinity.  … Continue reading →

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drinkin’ a frappuccino & chillin’ in the big city of houghton

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Kathy

shhhh….shhhhh….i’m in a coffee shop now…in houghton.  our weekly shopping trip.  barry is at a hockey tournament game.  we’ve had a wonderful afternoon in the “big city”.  i have shot–wait a second, will check–oh gosh, 50-100 photos.  photos of an … Continue reading →

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Patterns

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Kathy

Look closer at everything you see.  Patterns reveal themselves everywhere! Repeated spirals, repeated movements, repeated colors, repeated spirals, repeated beautiful patterns. Nature patterns itself endlessly, and we humans do, too. What is it about patterns that appeals to us? What … Continue reading →

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Where your great-great grandma & grandpa lived…

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Kathy

Years and years and even more years ago your grandparents or great-grandparents or great-great-great-great grandparents may have carved a homestead on the land. They tilled the earth with plows and horses.  They planted seed to feed their families.  They sweated, … Continue reading →

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Your last chance to imagine…

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Kathy

…Upper Peninsula flowing rivers until spring. Imagine yourself walking along this Upper Peninsula river last week.  Imagine the river turning to ice.  Imagine whispering “goodbye” to the flowing Silver River between L’Anse and Skanee. Imagine publishing three days worth of … Continue reading →

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Ordinary extra-ordinary kindness

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Kathy

The mail just arrived in our mailbox. My mom’s good friend, Rose, from Florida–and originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (Lake Linden) when she was a young girl–sent a Christmas card. She included a clipping from the Fort Myers … Continue reading →

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“Always remember to double-bag your pickles!”

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Kathy

Hello, dear reader. I’m sitting here at Cyberia Cafe in Houghton drinking a non-fat frappuccino.  Feeling pretty darn good.   (Although it sort of feels like someone has put a belt around my stomach and keep pulling tighter…)  Barry is taking … Continue reading →

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Sick

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Kathy

Once upon a time, almost five years ago, a surgeon wanted to take out my gall bladder. I wanted to keep it.  (The hepatobiliary scan rated Ms. GB at a 21.  Anything under a 30 is likely a death sentence for … Continue reading →

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