discovering the UP

Unplugged

Unplugged

As a blogging-type person, the very idea of disconnecting from the internet for a while can be a little scary. I always have a list a mile long of things I should be doing: tweaking blog design, answering emails (for my real life and real job as well as for my blog life), replying to…

How to Go Letterboxing

How to Go Letterboxing

Letterboxing is a super fun scavenger hunt game that will get you and your kids outside and enjoying nature Several people have asked what letterboxing is, and so I’m finally getting around to answering that question. Letterboxing is basically a scavenger hunt. It is similar to geocaching in that you are going on a treasure…

Copper Harbor

This last weekend we went up to Copper Harbor to see Joel’s band play.  Copper Harbor is at the tippiest-toppiest point of the Keweenaw peninsula, right in the middle of Lake Superior.  About an hour’s drive from us, and a gorgeous spot. The band was playing in a park next to the Copper Harbor School,…

Finnish Flavor: Pannukakku

Lately, Joel and I have been doing our weekly date on Thursday mornings.  Somewhat unconventional I realize, but it saves us the babysitter trouble, Sophia’s in school and (obviously) Joel doesn’t have to teach.  It has actually been wonderful and we can’t wait for Thursday to come around each week. This past Thursday we decided…

Soare Cu Dinti

“Soare cu dinti” is a Romanian phrase that means “sun with teeth.”  They use it to describe one of those beautiful winter (or fall, or even spring) days where the sun is shining, the sky is blue, but you’ll still freeze to death if you go outside. We had one of those toothy days yesterday,…