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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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Tag Archives: woods
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
Is life looking up…or down?
I suppose life is a mixture of ups and downs. It’s hard to say. One minute we’re smiling, the next there’s challenges all around. Just wanting to show you these two photos this afternoon. Perhaps you want to ponder. Are … Continue reading
Posted in October, 2021
Tagged autumn, challenges, down, fall, happiness, life, photography, thoughts, up, Upper Peninsula, woods
28 Comments
The sh*t phone is history.
Two years ago before our daughter’s wedding in Italy she asked me to take a picture of her maid-of-honor fixing her hair. “Sure,” I replied and grabbed my old android TracFone and snapped a photo of the precious moment. “Let … Continue reading
Posted in September 2021
Tagged cellphones, feelings, humor, iPhone, nature, personal, photography, woods
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The joy of sauntering
So often in our society we vow to exercise, walk briskly, hike four miles, cover ground, get our hearts pumping for health and longevity. Nothing wrong with that. Our bodies may appreciate the vigor, movement, intensity. But I am in … Continue reading
Posted in January 2021
Tagged Huron Bay, John Muir, Lake Superior, meander, Michigan, nature, outdoors, photography, saunter, snow, Upper Peninsula, walking, wild turkeys, winter, woods
60 Comments
Coyote or wolf comes teaching trust
Yesterday was such an active day filled with blogging, dyad, work, grocery shopping in the “big” town 45 miles north, phone calls with family, stoking fires, making dinner, responding to blog comments, oh, and a dozen other already forgotten undertakings. … Continue reading
Posted in What the Heart Knows
Tagged coyote, holy, Native American, paradox, personal, spirituality, totems, trust, universal, Upper Peninsula, wolf, woods
34 Comments
Merry Christmas from our little house in the woods
This is a virtual Christmas card winging through invisible ethers to find you in your own neck of the woods. Whether you’re celebrating the holy-days in your apartment, condo, city house, country land, north woods prairie, beach, small town–I am … Continue reading
Posted in What the Heart Knows
Tagged card, celebration, Christmas, feelings, presence, presents, spirit, spirituality, woods
47 Comments
Walktober meander: no trail, no path, no destination
Some of you may be familiar with Robin’s (breezes at dawn) annual Walktober blog posts. Every October she invites all of us bloggers to take a walk, blog about it, and share a link to it on her original post. … Continue reading
Posted in October 2020
Tagged autumn colors, Breezes at Dawn, challenge, forest, nature, photography, Upper Peninsula, walking, walks, Walktober, woods
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No politics today. No virus talk. Just autumn colors here in the Upper Peninsula.
Posted in October 2020
Tagged autumn, beauty, colors, fall, inspiration, lake, leaves, nature, photography, Upper Peninsula, woods
58 Comments
Shhhh, just breathe it in, my dears
Just sharing a quiet little post today. In fact it’s so quiet—shhhh–that I’m turning the comments off. The better for us all to hear the birdsong. The quiet of the forest. The hush of nature’s footsteps all around.
Posted in August, 2020
Tagged forest, L'Anse, Michigan, nature, photography, Soup's Loop, Upper Peninsula, woods
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Abduction, Siege, Stroke–and the magic of perspective
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
Posted in July, 2020
Tagged abduction, For Sama, gifts, inspiration, Into the Magic Shop, Jill Bolte-Taylor, magic, My Stroke of Insight, Robin Landsong, siege, stroke, summer, woods
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