Found hanging in a cottage closet: I made my choice. Which one would you choose?
Yearly Archives: 2025
Newlywed Campers
Fri, 18 Jul 2025, 07:45 PM (-06:00)
There was one night when we were in The Porkies when it rained quite a lot. Not a deluge, mind you, but enough for us to be thankful that we were in a trailer instead of a tent. The next morning, the storm was gone and there was a gentle breeze. I saw a couple […]
ON – OFF
Tue, 15 Jul 2025, 07:06 PM (-06:00)
My cousin’s directions were clear and quite explicit, as they usually are. I asked several follow-ups that revealed my ignorance, as I often do. He clarified, and that was that. I plugged their yellow extension cord into an outlet on the side of the cottage and ran it halfway to their trailer. I connected their […]
Productivity
Tue, 15 Jul 2025, 05:22 PM (-06:00)
There’s a Nuthatch skipping up the trunk of a tree. A Kingfisher is chattering as it skims across the water. A family of ducks is paddling out from the swamp. And an Osprey was gliding into the branches of a tall White Pine on the eastern and then the western shore of the lake. The […]
Visiting Paul and Jill
Tue, 15 Jul 2025, 06:36 AM (-06:00)
You can do this when you visit Paul and Jill at their cabin on the lake. Thanks, you guys!
The Big Lake
Tue, 15 Jul 2025, 06:12 AM (-06:00)
By the shores of Gitchi Gumi. By the shining Big-Sea-Water.
Flora and Fauna
Mon, 14 Jul 2025, 02:56 PM (-06:00)
Along the Union Mine Interpretive Trail in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, there was a wonderful creek that tumbled across mossy rocks and gathered in still pools. There was flora. And there was …um… fauna?
Rocks
Mon, 14 Jul 2025, 01:40 PM (-06:00)
The fair and industrious Trudy has a special place in her heart for rocks.
Silent Sunday
Sun, 13 Jul 2025, 01:24 PM (-06:00)
I know I’ve posted a lot today. Not such a silent Sunday, it seems. But let’s pretend, shall we? #silentsunday