Par for the course, we dragged Grandma Kathy around to all sorts of places while she was here: to the  rocky beach, Little Sand Bay on the South Shore, to the raspberry farm, out to eat, and up the North Shore to do some hiking at Tettagouche State Park.  You…

It’s one of my favorite beaches, the mouth of the Kadunce River.  Red stones stretch in a wide arc, and the forest glints ahead of the setting sun.  We don’t get there often, but I always feel peaceful when we do.  There was a bit of paddle boarding, a lot…

  Before the biggest kidlets came back from North Dakota, we took an overnight trip to Grand Marais with Mr. Trouble on Feet and The Banana.  Everyone was buckled into their seats and we were driving along.  We passed a rather large cemetery. The Banana:  Oh look!  It’s a wedding!…