Seasons. Their endings are so different, aren’t they? Aside from it being my youngest son’s birthday month, I rush to April’s end, for the crusty, dirty icy mounds to disappear. But August? It’s the contrary. A month of days to savor the small things. The easy stroll of my grocery cart across the parking lot, the wind-whispering blond strands as I watch my granddaughter push her dolly in a stroller, the fine new grass on our lawn from hubby’s seed planting. And yesterday’s spontaneous stop at the Chanhassen Farmer’s Market. It’s where I met shop owner, Mary, who has an…
Read MoreJune 2015 Challenge in Pictures or Words
June is upon us! Here’s the June 2015 Challenge for those who wish to participate in it. For those who are new to this idea. Simple snap a picture or write a blog post about the #day. Then, post it on your favorite social media such as Instagram, Twitter or Facebook, and put a link to me. Here’s where to connect me: Instagram Facebook Twitter VSCO.co Happy June!
Read MoreSummertime Whatevers
I water-taxi to Dead Lake’s North Bay. As I set off from my dock, I feel as though I am taking my dog to the vet to be put down. I hope the wind dries my tears before I reach the access so no one will know this silly woman cries when she says a seasonal good-bye to her pontoon. Around every cluster of reeds I navigate and every downed leaf I pass along my liquid road, I grow closer to the boat access and our Quonset hut where the pontoon will hibernate until it’s “ice out.” Last year, the…
Read MoreCape-Cottage at Sunset by W. B. Glazier
Cape-Cottage at Sunset by William B. Glazier is one of my favorite poems. It is even more achingly beautiful if listened to by Andrew MacMillian, whose poignant, reflective bass voice is as deep as the fathomless sea Glazier writes about. It’s on volume 3 entitled “The Mystic Sea” of The Sea collection if you can get your hands on a copy. According to Native Poets of Maine, published in 1854 and written by S. Herbert Laxcey, Glazier wrote poetry uncommon for his age. He was born on June 29, 1827 in Hallowell, Maine and graduated from Harvard in 1843. Laxcey wrote,…
Read MoreA Perfect Summer Night
The back of my book BlessBack®: Thank Those Who Shaped Your Life says that you can find me in summer in Ottertail county on my Adirondack chair. It’s true. My current favorite Adirondack chair came from a man in Ottertail. He passed away two years ago. My husband and I happened to be gallivanting and spied his family’s garage sale filled with this man’s amazing talent with woodworking. It was June and Rick bought two chairs for my birthday. I love these chairs. They remind me of my dad and what he could have made in his retirement years had…
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