Fall colors are quickly fading this week with only the stubborn oaks still holding on to their rusted leaves. Last night I turned the heat on for the first time this season because I was tired of fighting the urge to wear a fleece blanket as clothing. With that, here are some things I’ve liked, […]
Read MoreOctober by Helen Hunt Jackson Bending above the spicy woods which blaze, Arch skies so blue they flash, and hold the sun Immeasurably far; the waters run Too slow, so freighted are the river-ways With gold of elms and birches from the maze Of forests. Chestnuts, clicking one by one, Escape from satin burs; her […]
Read MoreBear Alert! The paper sign hung from the window of the Gooseberry Falls campground office. Below the warning was a photo of an intimidating black bear and instructions for shooing him away from our campsite. We had traveled five hours north to Lake Superior, through the port city of Duluth, and deep into the north woods. […]
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