A Place Like This

Just living

  • Is Fall coming?

    I noticed it a couple of days ago as I was sitting on the screen porch at the stuga.  At first it was subtle and I paused to question if the temperature felt different. A few seconds later a gust… Continue reading

  • Unschooling Update

    The weather is hot, the garden is whithering,everyone is home from their travels and school has begun. That all said, I thought I would take a few moments to focus on some fun we had this summer while we were… Continue reading

  • On Top of the World

             Oh it's so good to be back home and back together…..all except one that is. Zuzu comes back next  week and then we will be a whole family again. It has been a difficult summer for us. My father… Continue reading

  • Nadaka

    Right behind our house, the house that I grew up in, was a wonderful campfire girls day camp called Camp Nadaka.         I have so many wonderful memories of this place. What a great suprise it was to see… Continue reading

  • After the Catch and Something Fishy

    So the guys are still on the Bering Sea finishing up their Opie season,one more week to go. The actual opie season I think ended in April. After each episode of Deadliest Catch comes a round table with the captains… Continue reading

  • A Stuga Day

    Today, one can find me walking around a lake, baking the best blueberry pie in the world from freshly picked blueberries, drinking coffee, knitting,swimming,taking a sauna, and sitting at my stuga reading favorites. What are you doing today ? P.S. For… Continue reading

  • A Stolen Moment

    It was a simple question really. My sweet husband just wanted to know if I would like to stay home and get some "work" done before we leave on vacation ?" "Alright" I said So here I sit , in the… Continue reading

  • A Riddle

                                    What has no doors or windows?                                  A ceiling that moves with the wind?                                  Has food provisions on both sides?                                   A place to read a book or share a meal ?                                  And contains a home inside ?                                Give Up… Continue reading

  • A Real and True Howler

    The last few days have seen thunderstorms like I have never seen before. Dark omber clouds dumping inches of rain, wind, and hail. Up north of us a bit there was even a tornado. Last evening I was driving in… Continue reading

  • At the Stuga

    After a very difficult week, the kids and I found our way to our little red cabin better known as "The Stuga". The weather was beautiful. Blue skies, light breeze…..Glorious. The day held fishing, kayaking, swimming,fire tending and s'more making.… Continue reading