FOR MANY MOONS

This is a journal of observation and occasional insight.

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Heritage Matters

Terve! (Hello!) I’m North American, but my DNA is nearly 100% Finnish. It explains a lot about me and my family, and I learn more each year. I learned a lot more in my hometown last month. All of my grandparents were immigrants. There’s a strong politically-generated passion in the U.S. right now about immigrants,…

Fires & Friends

Wildfires, and their resulting smoke, are seasonal. Lifelong friendships are seasonless. One is tolerated and, lately, argued about. The other is treasured. Or should be. I was exposed to both lately here in Michigan’s remote far north. Photos and captions follow.

On Rivers

They’re always moving. Sometimes the movement is barely perceptible and sometimes it’s raucous or even violent. But it’s always present. And there’s another way that rivers are like most people. Sometimes you can see to the bottom, but usually not. The full story of what lives under the surface…what it hides, protects or nurtures… is…

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