Tag Archives: summer

Should I stay or should I go?

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Kathy

I am feeling so much indecision these days.  Are any of you feeling the same? Let’s take a simple action like driving into the “big city” of Marquette tomorrow or the next day.  I need new summer pajamas, a lightweight … Continue reading →

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Abduction, Siege, Stroke–and the magic of perspective

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Kathy

It’s been the quietest of weeks in the woods.  No sightings of bear, moose or rabbits.  No splitting and stacking firewood. Just sweet birdsong, whirring fans, cool early morning breezes, stifling hot 90 degree afternoons. You might hear the sprinkling … Continue reading →

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These lazy hazy crazy days of summer…

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Kathy

In mid-summer the Main Street in our little town buzzes with cars and visitors. People from other locales sometimes drive hundreds of miles north to splash in Lake Superior, to camp in the Baraga State Park, to tour the Copper … Continue reading →

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“Friendship is the breathing rose”

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Kathy

Last week my friend Doris invited me to stop by.  We get together every few months at her house.  She serves coffee or tea and delicious sweets.  Her husband, Howard, usually stops puttering to say hello, pausing at the table … Continue reading →

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Less

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Kathy

You may be reading less blogs here at the shore of Lake Superior Spirit for a while. Yes, you used to see posts on the blog every day, or every other day.  I’ve written up a storm here since 2010. … Continue reading →

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It’s a dangerous world outside our front door…

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Kathy

We’re living in dangerous times, my friends. It’s getting quite scary to open the front door. We have eight–I repeat, eight–ruby-throated hummingbirds buzzing and squawking and hollering and dive-bombing anything that walks, flies or carries a camera.

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Little swim, anyone?

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Kathy

OK, who’s hot? Let’s all go to the beach! Or a nearby pool?

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Yet another poofadillo

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Kathy

We’re having another poofadillo right now. You know about poofadillos, don’t you? It’s when unexpected thunderstorms bear down. Poofadillos come from nowhere. One minute it’s sunny; the next minute rain and wind. I coined the term “poofadillo” last spring. “What’s … Continue reading →

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Midsummer dance invitation

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Kathy

Summer vibrates in electric hues here in the North Woods.  Of course you know why. In winter, Old Man White holds us hostage in snow and ice and freezing temperatures.  Old Man surrounds us in black and white, only black … Continue reading →

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Glad you don’t bite, Rattlesnake Bean!

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Kathy

Welcome to our Garden Edition of this blog. Don’t you love late summer?  When you can–if you’ve planted a garden during the spring or early summer–harvest your lunch from just outside your front door? At 11 a.m. I ventured outside … Continue reading →

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