Finding life’s direction…
May 2017 I spent the first week of May in Grand Marais, packing my things after staying in a charming house there on and off all winter. It is where I worked on the third draft of my memoir. Most …
Tag: Grand Marais
MY JOURNEY – To the wind
Ashes update I am writing this up in Grand Marais. I had planned to snowshoe out to where I wanted to scatter some of Barry’s ashes along one of my favorite mushroom-hunting trails. But I got the flu and couldn’t …
Tagged with: California, Culver’s Butter Burger, flu, Grand Marais, happy hour, mushroom-hunting trails
MY JOURNEY, Mid-September 2016
Determination, GPS and a few mushrooms I am writing this up in the little cabin that I have rented for two months in Grand Marais, Minn., a wonderful little town on Lake Superior not too far from the Canadian border. …
Tagged with: Canadian border, dead tree, forest, FTD, GPS, Grand Marais, lobster mushroom, mushroom hunters
MY JOURNEY – July 2016
Working Anywhere I am up north writing this because I really need some uninterrupted time to concentrate on turning my blog into a memoir. I have this week off between teaching classes and some speaking engagements this summer, so I …
Tagged with: Canadian border, doodle, FTD, Grand Marais, Jay Cooke State Park., Lake Superior, Superior Hiking Trail, Up North
HIKE FIFTY-TWO
Superior Hiking Trail and a box of bills As I hiked this June toward Jackson Lake on the Superior Hiking Trail, I felt confident. I was a lot more confident than I was four years ago when I escaped to …
Tagged with: campground, finances, fisher, FTD, Grand Marais, IRS, Jackson Lake, lawyer, Superior Hiking Trail, wolverine
HIKE FORTY-SIX TO FIFTY
WINTER HIKES IN GRAND MARAIS As I continue my blog, I will try to be more current and write in real time when I can. In any event, I write now looking back to January when I stayed at a …
TALKING ABOUT IT HELPS
I’m in Grand Marais, it is January and snowing like crazy. The temperature is in the mid-20s, which is not too bad for this time of year in Northern Minnesota. I’m supposed to be working on book ideas, but my …
HIKE NUMBER THREE
This hike was at Kakabeka Falls up near Thunder Bay, Ontario. The Hike The morning was gloomy and foggy. But as a Minnesotan, I always have hope it will clear up. But just in case this time, I packed two …
