Red's Wrap
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Category: Grand Marais
I Swam in the Big Blue
Down the beach, I see our neighbor swimmingHis gray head bobbing in the gentle wavesWhile he talks to his wife on the beachShe is collecting rocks, looking for agates, studying Then they switch, he comes on shore and she wades inI watch her in… Continue Reading “I Swam in the Big Blue”
The Wind Out There
It is blowing hard here on Lake Superior. The sky is deathly dark to the west and bright blue with puffy clouds to the east. Every so often, there is rain, the spattering kind, and then the rain stops. The wind, however, keeps up.… Continue Reading “The Wind Out There”
The Traverse Line
Twenty-five years ago, after my husband’s mother died and left us a good sum of money, we bought a beach house on Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The beach house was a two-story board and batten house painted a dark, earthy brown. There… Continue Reading “The Traverse Line”
Snow Door | wisconsinacademy.org
Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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