When you have a new house on the waterfront, people come - especially in summer, which is the only season that most people want to visit the far-north. Visits from family and friends was one reason for building in the first place. (I was pretty content to live in a trailer and use a compost … Continue reading Visitors
Summer is short on Lake Superior. As I write this in late August, it already feels like fall -- a good time to reflect on some midsummer memories in photos. It's been an off-kilter summer in many ways, so this is much delayed. More to come soon... Since a house has been added at Camp … Continue reading Midsummer, Remembered
Some hire an expert. Some try to figure it out themselves. I'm the 2nd kind, with mixed results. A house isn't a home until the landscaping is done. As with this house itself, DiY is preferred when possible. (I'm all for experts in areas where my knowledge is lacking and consequences are big -- like … Continue reading Amateur Landscaping
Some of you want to see the inside of "the house that Jeff built." (That's what a lot of people call it.) In photos and captions... His staircase is the crowning glory. (I chose the design and some of the materials, and painted the metal parts, but the woodwork is all his.) I loved adding … Continue reading The Inside
The bad news: spring arrives slowly here on Lake Superior. The good news: you can watch it arrive day by day and appreciate each gift as it comes. (And sometimes goes again, which makes its return all the more precious.) Gifts don't always come wrapped in tidy packages. Sometimes they're messy, or slow to arrive. … Continue reading Slowly but Surely
Here on the 46th parallel, we're closer to the North Pole than the Equator and the arrival of spring isn't always apparent. March and April bring mixed weather...60-degree melt one day, re-freeze the next. It keeps things interesting for both animals and humans. Herewith, photos of how it looks these days on the north (Lake … Continue reading Spring?
Enough. Can we stop yelling publicly at each other, please? Yes, we are living through extraordinary and disruptive times, even historic times. Yes, name-calling has become "the new normal," modeled from the top. So yes, strong emotions by the rest of us are natural, even justified. But is it productive to share them in public? … Continue reading Peace, Be Still
One day = 1440 minutes. My elusive goal is to be fully present for each of them. That's pretty much impossible because of what we called, in meditation, "monkey mind." And that's ok because we are human, with all our complexities. But taking and sharing photos makes it easier to be in (and then remember) … Continue reading Minutes in Pictures
We wanted to open up the water-view -- the next step in developing Camp Many Moons on Huron Bay. That meant removing the 26-foot trailer from the waterfront. So we did. Now we have a wider water-view. Yay. But we didn't count on the extra excitement. That story, and more, in photos and captions below. … Continue reading #$@x! Happens While Seeking “A View”
How satisfying to fill the porch with family - my first overnight visitors! And we have more furniture. And gravel. Things have been busy both indoors and out as the Cabin at Many Moons continues to come alive...so busy that I've had little time to write. Here's the update from the far-north in photos and … Continue reading Family, Furniture & Gravel
For Many Moons 