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BLIZZARD
Wild Word Friday! Here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, we are very aware of the difference between a snow storm and a BLIZZARD. You can drive in a snow storm. It’s not fun, and it is dangerous, but you can. In a snow storm, you can walk to your neighbor’s house. In a BLIZZARD you shouldn’t…
CRANBERRY
Wild Word Friday! When the first European settlers came to North America, one of the berries they discovered to be edible was the CRANBERRY. This marsh berry comes to us via the graces of a trailing evergreen that loves lots of water. When the British settlers came to North America, they named the CRANBERRY, fen…
About November
About You! November is one of those months that I both love and dread. I love that November (in the US anyway) means Thanksgiving, the beginning of holiday celebrations, a time that reminds us to be grateful. I dread that the days are short and often gray, that the trees are bare and that November…
On The Road: The Traveling Writer
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Such a beautiful, calm scene!