It was about a year ago I was on deck minding my own business when a black bear diddly bopped across the yard right in front of me and stopped for a second. I said “Hi, buddy!” He looked at me and then continued on his merry way. This sighting from last year, and another one Sunday morning of a black bear cub that popped in and out of sight before I could get a picture of it, made me think of a tune by Zebra from ‘84.
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A near-full "Sturgeon" moonrise illuminates the harbor in Duluth as the John J. Boland arrives with limestone, 7 August, 2025. Photo by David Schauer.
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The James R. Barker arriving to load ore at the Canadian National dock as the Blues Festival gets underway at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth, 8 August, 2025. Photo by David Schauer.
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Just out on deck for a bit, current tuneage fitting the mood on a nice northwoodsy evening.
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#Verbala
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JLjDzc85CQE
One of my personal favorite lighthouses. If you’ve ever been there, you probably have some sort of idea why: the Milky Way over the Cana Island Lighthouse, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, 27 July, 2025. Photo by Mike Majewski.
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Morning view of the South Breakwater Outer Light in Duluth, 1 August, 2025. Photo by Jon Columbus.
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How about that? The moth must like Uriah Heep! Landed on my speaker and hangin out.
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#RockinMoth
In Saturday “on deck” mode.
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#80sPop
#Animotion
#MyStepmotherIsAnAlien
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#Sunsets
I know it seems like I'm a million miles away
At times you feel like you don't even know me
But in this world the pressure's building everyday
And I need time to work things out - oh baby
It's not that I don't love you - oh no
It's just that I - I've got to have
Room To Move
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=87vA2hx0je8&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD
Hazy sunrise over the Split Rock Lighthouse State Park shoreline, 22 July, 2025. Photo by Ken Harmon.
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And then, there’s sun tea, doncha know.
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Rising sun and reflection over part of the Lake Superior shoreline in Minnesota, 7 June, 2025. Photo by Ken Harmon.
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A little Canadian wildfire-induced haze in the sunset from on deck; John didn’t really care for this tune he wrote but I enjoy singing along with it.
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#60sAlbumRock
#Help
#BeatlesVl
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OPiKDHYCkjs
That moment when you’re sitting on deck on a pleasant northern Wisconsin Thursday evening thinkin’ about things like your 92 year-old father - one of your heroes in your life - has only days left on this earth. Even then, though, you need some background noise spearheaded by U2 and the late, great B.B. King.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BpaAcIovUtk&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD
Got this in the yard while walking it with Jagger before heading to the deck; smoke from forest fires elsewhere still creating a hazy-type sunset, 20 May, 2023.
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Sunrise at Split Rock Lighthouse, Two Harbors Minnesota, 17 May, 2025. Photo by Keith Christensen.
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Yet another stunning sunset this evening on deck, the photo just not doing it justice as the sunlight is reflecting off leaves that have popped up on some of the smaller plants in a tree line.
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#90sAlbumRock
#Dosage
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v_0dQwibEEA&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD
A nice view to include the lake over yonder, a cup of tea and some Head East on deck this evening.
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Have you ever been lonely?
Do you have any fun?
Do you ever think of me?
Or am I just another one, yeah
The Outer Island Light at Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands on Lake Superior, 5 May, 2025. Photo courtesy of Friends of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
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Sometimes sitting out here on deck, I still wonder how there could be so much ugliness in the world.
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#80sPop
#TalkingBackToTheNight
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#WisconsinSunset
And they look from such a height
That somehow it's all right
They're Talking Back To The Night
It's all that they can do
Talking Back To The Night
It's how they make it through
If you listen you can hear them
Their voices draw you near them
They're Talking Back To The Night for you
Waterfall at Tischer Creek on Minnesota’s north shore near Duluth, 2 May, 2025. Photo by Ken Harmon.
#NorthernWayOfLife