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Andrew’s Poem

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You. So deeply beautiful Moving really As a woman A spirit A passionate lover And my muse Wild and fierce Known But partially hidden Your perfect lines And gorgeous eyes […]

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Art/Sketches, Poetic Stories, Poetry, Romance

Houghton Michigan Feb 2016

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I always enjoy going to Houghton in February for their Winter Carnival.  The snow sculptures are amazing and I thought I would share a few pics with you.

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Family, Michigan

Snow on Cedars and Thistle

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Every year there is one magical snowfall.  And in the morning after, the snow clings to the trees while trillions of little crystals sparkle in the morning sun.  I particularly […]

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Mpls/St Paul, Nature

Quick Painting of a Fly Fisherman

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   I enjoyed painting this old picture of a fly fishermen in acrylics

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Art/Sketches

October in the Keweenaw

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Every year, during the peak of the autumn season, I make a trip to visit my eldest son at his college in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  There is no […]

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Michigan, Nature

Fall Colors at the Lake 2015

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There is always one magical weekend every autumn when the mid-day sun is warm, the evenings are cool and the fall colors are at their peak.  It is during these […]

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Nature

Jam from The Society of Saint John

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 On the shores of Lake Superior, high on the Keweenaw Peninsula near Eagle River, there is the Catholic monastery of the Byzantine rite, under the jurisdiction of The Ukrainian Catholic […]

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Michigan

A Divine Play

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I believe in the transcendence and connection of all spirits to nature, the worship of the mystic, the strength of the masculine, the beauty and radiance of the feminine, each […]

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Creativity, Mystic

Fourth of July Boat Parade Slideshow

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Every year we have a Fourth of July boat parade.  There is a theme, some judges and a small prize.  The parade is full of fun and frolic and I […]

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Cabin Living

Falling from Dimension Z

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“There are old winds I still do not understand, though I have been riding, forever it seems, along the curl of their spines. I move in Dimension Z: The world […]

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Health and Living

Bungee Jumping in New Zealand

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I recently returned from a trip to Australia and New Zealand.  One of the most notable experiences was that my son Peter and I bungee jumped off a very high […]

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Travel

Snorkeling in the Keys – A Gallery

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My son Paul and I recently returned from a visit to Florida’s Boy Scout Seabase High Adventure Camp near Key West.  This camp is located on a 100 acre outer […]

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Family, Parenting, Photography, Travel, Vacations, Wildlife

Northern Lights in the Upper Peninsula

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How serene, how celestial! Billions of charged particles awing us with bright hues of heavenly perfection, reminding us of our temporal impotence. Picture taken in the Keewenaw Peninsula on Tuesday, […]

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Photography

Snowmobiling in the Keewenaw Peninsula

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This last weekend, we visited my eldest son at his college in Houghton, Michigan.  While there, we rented a couple snowmobiles and did about 100 miles in a day.  My […]

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Fun, Parenting, Vacations

An Unquenchable Fire

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I am a man whose inner voice Constantly torments and challenges My choices, my dreams And my very identity Only the spirits in the trees Whose voices can be heard Softly in […]

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Photography, Poetic Stories, Poetry

A Bio-luminescent Forest

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We all must believe in something.  I have spent a lifetime being disappointed by society, religion and even by love, but I have always experienced something that felt divine in […]

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Creativity

A Spirit Wolf High in the Woods

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We have hunted these woods as friends Stalking the prey to sate our need Our yips were a chorus filling the emptiness of night, While the great horned owl opened […]

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Mystic, Nature, Personal Tributes, Poetry, Wildlife

There Was a Day

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There was a day When the farmer’s grain Was our most precious commodity There was a day When the locomotive Was our most critical transport And there was a day […]

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History, Mpls/St Paul

Visit the Porkies

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  When one thinks of the upper Midwest, one doesn’t typically think of mountains.  And, yet, there are small ranges of very beautiful small mountains along the edges of Lake Superior. […]

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Michigan, Nature

Light Painting of Canoeing Thru Northern Forests

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From the website ThisisColossal.com.  Picture credit to motionexposure.com. I am fascinated with the work Ontario photographer Stephen Orlando has done using light to capture the motion of canoeing and kayaking […]

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Beauty, Photography

NASA Visualization Shows Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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My of this blog has focused on my love of nature with a few other subject like romance and parenting thrown in for good measure.  But, at the core of […]

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Environment

Wayward Moose

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So living in Minneapolis and having a lake home in northwest Wisconsin, there are occasional stories of a moose that will wander out of its normal territory.  Yesterday, there was […]

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Wildlife

Captain Cooper’s Eery Last Words

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As a remembrance and tribute to the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald, I’ve posted the actual radio conversation that occurred between Captain Cooper and the US Coast Guard on November […]

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History

Tribute to the Edmund Fitzgerald

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On November 10th, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior and was forever memorialized by Gordon Lightfoot.  Please take a look at the tribute video that tells the story […]

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History

Exploring Xunantunich in Belize

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Belize is a country of great contrasts, including beaches, mangrove swamps, high pine forests and deep rain forests.  But it is perhaps best known for its archaeological ruins of ancient […]

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Family, Travel

The Amazing Ancient City of Tikal

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When I was a boy studying the history of the Western hemisphere, I was taught that both the Aztecs and Mayan cultures were extinct.  I thought this meant that the […]

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Travel

Fall Gallery from the Keewenaw

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I have a restless spirit and my faith in our mundane, commercial and societal lives has been shaken. Yet the beauty of nature settles me and stills my mind, if only […]

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Beauty, Nature

Happy 15th Paul

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Today is my son’s 15th birthday, an although this feels more like a Facebook post than one on WordPress, I am putting it here because my blog is sort of […]

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Family, Parenting

North Shore Fall Gallery

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Please enjoy this brief gallery of photos taken on my trip to a friend’s deer hunting camp this weekend on the north shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota.  The focus […]

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Cabin Living, Nature, Photography, wilderness

The Conversations I Never Had

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I am 51 years old now and as I look back at my life, much time has passed with both successes and failures.  I have a wonderful family, am financially […]

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Creativity

A Solitary Bobcat

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A solitary bobcat Wanders the wilderness alone Surviving only by stealth And the perseverance Of his spirit Picture taken in an undisclosed location near my northern studio (I won’t tell).

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Wildlife

Wild Mushrooms and other Flora

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It has been a cool and very wet summer so the wild mushrooms are in abundance in the northern forests.  I’m not a professional photographer, but was amazed by the […]

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Nature, Wildflowers

Sun Worship

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Like a million sun worshippers I will worship you each day Our romance renewed As the glory of life’s energy Cycles once again

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Musings, Nature, Spirit

Cool Rushing Waters

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I am at peaceIn the cool rushing watersOf the northern wilesI have no Inherent passionFor menOr machinesOr moneyGive me the harmonyof Natureand the danceof Spirit

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Beauty, love, Mystic, Nature, Spirit, wilderness

Invitation of a Faery

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As I stooped to inspect A beautiful golden mushroom I surprised a tiny faery With the face of an angel And the wings of a dragonfly “Sir, you startled me, […]

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Mystic, Nature

Brightening Your Day

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Clouds darken the earth Fierce winds howl And black waters roil Yet I will be The sun that breaks through Lifting you up Brightening your day Giving you faith Reminding […]

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Romance, Spirit, Spirituality

Adventure in the Boundary Waters

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This is a slideshow of our Boy Scout father son adventure into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota.  The BWCA is 1.7 million square miles of protected wilderness. […]

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Family, Nature

Sand Lake Boat Parade July 2014

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Each year, our lake association sponsors a boat parade around the time of the Fourth of July.  There are judges and prizes awarded.  It is a fun family event but […]

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Cabin Living, Family, Fun

Preparing for the Boundary Waters

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In a few weeks, my son and I will be canoeing deep into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of Northern Minnesota. We’re getting some practice in this weekend. Thus far, […]

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Cabin Living, Family

Being Free

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I have always been mesmerized By the wonder of dragonflies Their wings so delicate, transparent Little prisms Bending light Lifting spirits Fluttering Flying Being free

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Cabin Living, Nature

The Lesson of Two Dragonflies

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Two dragonflies remind me Of the peace that Spirit intends They do not agonize the past Lament the present or Dread the future They simply exist together Absorbing the radiant […]

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Nature, Poetic Stories, Spirit

The Most Precious

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As I contemplate another inspirational sunset, as though painted by the Gods themselves, I think about all that is precious in this world. And while some seek gold, diamonds or […]

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Health and Living, Romance

Lessons of Spirit

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As I contemplate the events of my life, Spirit has left me a sign. One single white eagle feather reminds me to pay attention to Spirit and her lessons.

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Mystic, Spirit, Spirituality

The Coming of the Ship

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Excerpt from the first chapter of The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran, 1923.  Drawing by Kahlil Gibran. And he said to himself: Shall the day of parting be the day of […]

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Mystic, Poetry, Spirituality

There Was a Day

September 24, 2020by Doug S Leave a comment

Originally posted on My Little Studio in the North Woods:
There was a day When the farmer’s grain Was our most precious commodity There was a day When the locomotive…

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Creativity

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