I am this water. From any approach, there is a heart-stopping moment when Lake Superior reveals herself in full. It never fails to take my breath away. The longer I am away from Big Water, the more there is that feels amiss in my life. I have lived close to the Pacific Ocean, and near [...]
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Knowing What We Know Now
Many of you know that we’ve experienced a death in the family. Over the 4th of July holiday, Pete’s mom was taken ill, hospitalized and quickly transitioned from curative care into hospice once a clear diagnosis was made. She passed on July 8th. Although she had been battling this latest occurrence of her cancer for [...]
Shortcake Wars
I recently traveled to Michigan’s Traverse City and Leelanau County for a get-together with my brother and cousins. One of the best parts of visiting this lovely area in June is that the strawberry crop is ready. My cousin, Joan, recounted how she had stood in a long line to purchase pre-hulled strawberries for $1.30 [...]
Shakespeare at the Guthrie: Macbeth
Over the Easter weekend, Pete and I were pleased to host visiting Michigan relatives. The occasion was a milestone birthday for my cousin, Joan. Her dad, my Uncle Jack, who is in his mid-eighties, wanted to come to Minneapolis, too. (We wrote about Jack’s neck of the woods here, and introduced you to him and [...]
Roaming Through Michigan
The link to this charming vintage film arrived recently in an email from Michigan relatives. It opens with views of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore and lovely Leelanau County, which we wrote about here. The aerial view of Traverse City shows beautiful Grand Traverse Bay and the peninsula to the east of downtown [...]
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Peter and Betsy Wuebker are location-independent professionals who share what they know about travel, simplicity and integrating work with life. 