Red's Wrap
Happiness. It's relative.
Category: Travel
Night Fall
It is very hot so we unzip the flaps and open the tent windows to capture the slight breeze somehow dipping into the valley where we are camped. We are late to find a campsite because the first park was full, twenty slots with… Continue Reading “Night Fall”
Cool Cats
Right now, we are living in an Airbnb in San Diego. This is the view from our ‘kitchen’ window. It appears that no one in the neighborhood is over thirty and they are all wearing shorts. Our unit is a studio apartment – one… Continue Reading “Cool Cats”
Fry Boys
It was 111 degrees when we stopped at Dateland, AZ, for a date shake. There’s not much town to Dateland, AZ, but there are date palms and a gas station with a gift shop and a date store where I bought a package of… Continue Reading “Fry Boys”
That Camping Life
At first, the rain falling on the roof of our tent was lovely. Delicious. I lay under a heavy sleeping bag looking at the tent’s ceiling, seeing the shades of moonlight sneaking through the roof vents and thought, this is so fine – to… Continue Reading “That Camping Life”
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”
Goat Girl Friday Round-Up
I could see from my vantage point in the woods that three ducks on that log would never work. I think they had some long term issue going on. It had that kind of vibe. They were so preoccupied they didn’t care that I… Continue Reading “Goat Girl Friday Round-Up”
Nome Friday Round-Up
Not that many places are unforgettable but I think Nome is. Sadly, I don’t think I’ll ever be back. What I’ve collected up this week by way of stones and stories will have to do. I’ve thought about that the whole time, telling myself… Continue Reading “Nome Friday Round-Up”
Slow Boat No Boat
We miss Superior like we owned it and we got foreclosed for not paying taxes, not putting our canoe in the water for too long a time.We lost our Superior card, we don’t belong anymore. Sometimes when the lake was smooth like a kitchen… Continue Reading “Slow Boat No Boat”
Our Day Was This
Our day was snow and dogs. Our day was taking dozens of pictures. Our day was watching teams come trotting out of the trees up the hill we were standing on. Our day was seeing dogs fed and tended and bedded down for a… Continue Reading “Our Day Was This”
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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