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Dark Sky Magic
Aurora Borealis, the Milky Way, and my own North Star. The US at night — NASA I love this map of the lights from space, but I have to look really hard to make out the outline of my particular neighborhood. That’s because … Continue reading →
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Tagged astronomy, Inspiration, life, politics, writing
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Summer Solstice
Today marks the Summer Solstice, the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. Up North, where I live, the sky will still be light close to midnight. I love this time of year, and I especially love … Continue reading →
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Tagged Juhannus, St. John's Day, Summer Solstice
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Snow in the Woods, Ice on the bay. It’s May
We’re home! Ventured across the water last week and came into a warm house, with running water and everything! Our grandson Mike came ahead of us, slogging through snow and mud to work out all the kinks. The week before … Continue reading →
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Tagged cozy fires, home, ice on bay, loons, north woods, sandhill cranes, spring
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Earth Day: A Revisit
The earth is our only home. We owe it to her–and to ourselves–to keep her healthy. At some point we have to heed the warnings. We’re at the stage now where the earth would be better off without us. Continue reading →
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Tagged Earth Day, Environmentalism, Gaylord Nelson, Wallace Stegner
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I Can Go Home Again. Right?
It’s April 17 and I’m stranded, stuck, marooned, and, for all intents, homeless. I’m not on the streets, nothing like that. I’m at my daughter’s house (a lovely place to be), but home is 350 miles away and I haven’t … Continue reading →
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Tagged April, garden gnomes, Mackinac Bridge, Snowbirding, stranded, Upper Peninsula, winter
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Places I’ll show you if You’ll Promise Not to Go There
I lived in the city for more years than I’ve lived anywhere else, but now I live in the country. Some say I live in the wilderness but that’s an exaggeration. I live in a place where few people live … Continue reading →
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Tagged Michigan, NaBloPoMo, nature, off the beaten path, scenery, secret, Upper Peninsula
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When all the barns Have finally gone
For years now I’ve been watching the barns disappear. Red Barns faded to pink and then they weathered gray. The side boards rotted and fell away. Roof shingles blew off. Moss carpeted what was left. … Continue reading →
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Tagged barns, destroyed, falling down, farms, homesteads, nostalgia, rotted, Upper Peninsula, weathered
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Protecting Wolves by Throwing Them to the Wolves?
Yesterday I wrote about Opening Day for Michigan’s deer hunting season. But yesterday was also opening day for a hunting season not seen in Michigan for almost 50 years. Despite pushback from many different organizations, and petitions set up on … Continue reading →
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Tagged Aldo Leopold, Michigan, NaBloPoMo, opening day, protection, protests, Sand County Almanac, Upper Peninsula, wolf hunting
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Run, Bambi, Run! Man Is In The Woods
Today marks the opening of hunting season here in Michigan’s north woods. The schools are closed in most upper state communities, including ours. Opening Day is an annual holiday for the kids, even though only a small percentage of them … Continue reading →
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Frog Stories: Tales of Pursuit, Hope and Suicide
My grandson, the famous frog hunter, came up to visit this summer. It took an entire week and a half, most of it spent being dropped in and lifted out of buckets, before our neighborhood frogs finally got smart and … Continue reading →
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Tagged children, clotheslines, frog hunter, froggie suicide, frogs, grandson, NaBloPoMo, snake in the grass
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