Tag Archives: Lake Superior

Sober Vacation

Posted on September 20, 2015 by

I have returned from what is becoming a yearly sojourn to the cabin on Lake Superior. This year, I took my twenty-six-year-old niece, daughter of my brother Steve, who died in 2013. She’d never been to the cabin. Her father … Continue reading →

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Freeloading Family

Posted on August 16, 2015 by

My nephew is a freeloader. Yesterday, after years of back and forth, I traveled to Houston to put a stop to it. My mother’s oldest grandson, in his early thirties, has lived in her home (in a garage apartment) for … Continue reading →

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Lawyers At Sunset

Posted on May 16, 2015 by

I read an article in the Texas Lawyer yesterday: The Graying Tsunami: As Baby Boom Lawyers Reach 65, More Choose to Work Into the Sunset “In the past 10 years, the state’s over-65 lawyer population has grown from 8 to … Continue reading →

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Gitche Gumee

Posted on September 3, 2014 by

I just returned from a short trip to my father’s cabin on Lake Superior in Northern Ontario. The last time I was up in August 2011, my father and brothers were still alive. My parents went up every summer in … Continue reading →

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A few words about my brother

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

I’ve been working on my tribute to my brother at his service tomorrow, and here’s what I’ve got at this point. I still can’t recollect a specific “sweet” story. Dammit. A and P asked me to say a few words … Continue reading →

Posted in Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Dying, Eulogy, Fishing, Grief, Ontario, Travel, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments

When the going gets tough . . .

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

. . . the tough plan a vacation and start a new hobby in connection therewith. In connection therewith? Lordy I do need a hobby. And a vacation. Last year I went on a gourmet cooking vacation in Tuscany. I’d … Continue reading →

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Ontario Summers

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

What I remember most about my childhood is moving vans and boxes. But no matter where we lived—Chicago, Saginaw, Denver, Long Island, Houston, Charlotte—we always spent our summers in the same place: Lake Superior, Ontario. Here are some photos from … Continue reading →

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