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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
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- 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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Tag Archives: stories
All the blogs we cannot write
This post is dedicated to all the blogs we cannot write. All the stories we cannot tell. All the tales that never reach the light of our reader’s eyes. There are so very many stories blooming inside of us that … Continue reading →
Posted in November 2021
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Tagged blogging, death, friends, friendship, grief, inspiration, life, personal, protection, relationship, stories, truth, writing
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51 Comments
Oops, another misstake
I make a lot of misstakes, don’t you? For example. This morning. Item #1 for consideration: I pulled up to the Camp Coffee drive-through old vintage camper in town and ordered a cappuccino. Small, please. Thank you kindly. The sweet … Continue reading →
Posted in October, 2021
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Tagged coffee, family, forgiveness, gifts, gratitude, humor, lessons, mistakes, personal, stories, Texas, Upper Peninsula
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27 Comments
Pumpkin pie for the soul, messy closet & other ordinary stories
Life is just life. Appearing as it’s appearing, moment after moment. Whether we like it or not. Whether we stamp it with approval or long to toss it in the garbage. Seeing the Holy is a way of glimpsing the … Continue reading →
Posted in What the Heart Knows
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Tagged decluttering, holy, housecleaning, life, meditation, not-knowing, ordinary, peace, presence, pumpkin pie, retirement, spirit, spirituality, stories, Thanksgiving, walking
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31 Comments
Apples, bananas, mammogram & some Mooji
It’s day 31 of this 75 day spiritual commitment. One month has passed already, days falling away like autumn leaves off poplar, oak and maple trees. I am sitting here at the computer this morning aware of a silent background … Continue reading →
Posted in What the Heart Knows
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Tagged apples, bananas, mammogram, Mooji, presence, spirituality, stories, What the Heart Knows
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28 Comments
Winter winked its lazy ice-blue eye at us this morning.
Winter winked its lazy ice-blue eye at us this morning. Thirty seven autumn degrees, it nodded. Prepare thyselves. I am coming. Just around the pumpkin bend. Dig up those garden carrots. Finish those bunching onions. I’m coming first for the … Continue reading →
Posted in September 2020
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Tagged chipmunks, coffee, COVID, creative writing, family, garden, hummingbird, nature, personal, stories, thoughts, travel, wildfires
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39 Comments
Primitive, prehistoric, bygone, lost, irrevocable, lapsed, expired, run out, ended, finished
A heavy-hearted moment is upon me. This moment has been coming for years and years and years. It is time. Time to throw away my cherished childhood friend. She that accompanied me through crushes, pimples and teenage angst. She that … Continue reading →
Posted in August, 2020
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Tagged adjectives, childhood, language, nouns, personal, stories, story, thesaurus, verbs, words, writer, writing
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56 Comments
Mystical green hat and red shoes
Years ago I wanted to tell you a story. Unfortunately, I wasn’t blogging at that time. Taking a break, as you’d have it. So the story was swallowed away into memory. Today I am going to share the story of … Continue reading →
Posted in May 2019
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Tagged clothes, hat, inspiration, magic, shoes, spirituality, stories, thoughts, Upper Peninsula, writing
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58 Comments
I have been eaten by caterpillars & other early September stories
This morning a leaf beckoned me to open the deck door and walk outside. Come, come, it whispered. I am covered with dew. I am a harbinger of autumn, even though most of your leaves still sing in green. … Continue reading →
Posted in September 2018
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Tagged autumn, Banded Tussock Moth Caterpillar, burn wood, caterpillars, ecosystem, firewood, gardening, splitting wood, stories, Upper Peninsula, wood shed, writing
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31 Comments
Serendipity, a light house & wind-blown hair
I am downstate visiting my mom and dad now, having previously added these photos to Word Press during a very busy morning last Friday while preparing to depart. These images come to you from Big Bay, Michigan, where Suzi Banks … Continue reading →
Posted in August 2014
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Tagged Big Bay Lighthouse, Lake Superior, personal, photographs, serendipity, stories, travel, Upper Peninsula
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27 Comments
What makes you shine? (the tale of a book tour…)
Hello, dear reader, you with your stories, with hands that create breakfast, lunch and dinner along with many mysteries. I am finally returning from the Giving Motherhood a Voice tour through our fair Upper Peninsula. The waves of Lake Michigan … Continue reading →