Month: October 2017

Weekly Update: Oct 18, 2017

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From Lake Superior to a small town in Wisconsin to a beautiful lakeside park in Minnesota, it’s been an amazing week. The Porcupine Mountains were so beautiful that it was hard to leave them on Thursday, for the day-long trek south to a small town in Wisconsin where my brother and sister-in-law live. It is also home to the real-life great-nieces who created Flat Emma, Flat Eden, and Flat Eliza (or as the real Eliza calls her, “Flat Me,” which totally cracked me up!) I went biking and shopping with the oldest one, exploring with the middle one, and biking…

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Sunday Serenity: Sunrise on Lake Superior

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Some days are diamonds, and some sunrises are too beautiful not to share. I invite you to take a few minutes and sit with me while we watch the sun come up over the western end of Lake Superior. The thin red line, too faint to capture with the camera, turns slowly to orange. To the west, the clouds light up and the breeze fades, the water changing from small waves to flat calm. And then, there it is. The giver of warmth and life, rising in the east, bringing light to the day. All hail the sun. For most…

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Weekly Update: Oct 11, 2017

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After four months of not moving many miles (2500 miles), I’ve done just under 1000 miles in the last eight days. Booking right along there, aiming for Wisconsin and family this weekend and then down to warmer, southerly climes by end of October (or at least that’s the plan). I had a windy but fun day at Niagara Falls, taking photos and mostly just listening and looking at the sound of all that water. The falls are famous views, but turn northward and this bridge and the river were beautiful too. I was staying on the shore of Lake Ontario,…

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My Last Year – 2017 Edition

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This is the first in what may become a yearly series, looking back at the places I’ve been in my last year and selecting my 10 favorite photos. The first cut had 70 photos, so it took me a while, and some hard choices, to get it down to just 10. (I figured if I published 70, no one would get past the first two or three!) A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a…

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Sunday Serenity: Seasons Change

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After a couple of weeks of looking for it, I finally found the colors of autumn, driving I-75 the length of Michigan. After some early morning rain, the clouds turned white, the sky blue, and the trees showed off their finery. Each tree is different: size, shape, colors, branches, and yet, they look beautiful together. Hmm, maybe there’s a lesson in there somewhere, you think? As the season changes, the sun sets earlier and the overnight cold snaps are back. It’s part of the cycle of life, and trees show us every year that growth and renewal are possible. Why…

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