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Still Standing My bead piece was inspired by one
of the many old stone buildings in the area. I liked the burnt orange colored stones against the sky of
blue on a summer’s day. This building still stands on a small Calumet country road.
Jacquie Coté Suter, Anchorage, AK
Seasons
The Keweenaw has four seasons. Autumn
colors are breathtaking reds, golds and coppers. Winter snows create a pristine white landscape.
Spring with its young greens does not last long enough. Summer Lake Superior water is an incredible
collection of blues.
Johnnie DeBernard, Laurium, MI
 The Wrecking Ball
Leonard
Cohen sings: “There is a crack, a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in…”
It was cracked, the brickwork, that is—
Above the left window, A fissure which rendered the majestic
Italian Hall A menace
to the villagers’ safety…
Or was it a menace to our conscience?
Did the screams of all seventy-four lost lives Ring through decades and Shake us from our docile slumber?
A spindly shadow of its former magnificence,
The archway monument remains, Neglected by time and the minds of those left Wishing to forget.
A bird sweeps through the scarred brick legs
Standing naked in the snow, Another sends out a lonesome song From a scraggly near-by hedge.
In a dark corner of the demolition garage,
A wrecking ball sleeps, Dented from years of destruction’s demands, From those choosing to silence the
past’s unanswered questions… Chipped and cracked itself by all it brought to light.
J.K. DePaul, Calumet, MI
 Keweenaw Contemplation
-Open space, trees for miles and the big water all invite
endless possibilities of renewal. Energy, dreams and peace – Keweenaw journeys for the heart, soul,
love and light.
Erika Faust, Levering, MI
Spring at Last
After
the white days of winter, the growing light, warm sun, bird song and sweet smelling air inspired these blossoms to grow...
Spring at Last!
Abby Sue Fisher, San Francisco, CA
Eye Agate –
Lake Superior Kaleidoscope
Recently my mother
presented me with an old glass jar half full of rocks. They were rocks I’d picked as a child and
had sat forgotten and hidden in her basement for years. As I poured them out to look at them, one jumped
out at me. It was like finding an old friend. It was an eye agate full of banded circles
and colorful swirls. I remember which beach it came from, and I remember how excited I was when I found
it. I’d kept it for years in a ‘treasure’ box and I remember admiring it often.
The pattern was so dense, it always seemed a little different every time I looked at it. Amy
Forsell, Chassell, MI
Keweenaw Blueberries
Amid
the spent grasses of summer, the little wild blueberry that I enjoy year round grows on the back field near the trailing arbutus
that blossom in the early spring.
Pamlynn L. Hansen,
Calumet, MI
Autumn Beauties
There is nothing so dazzling as autumn in the Keweenaw.
It heralds the end of our brief summer with a spectacular show of warmth and color as only nature can bestow.
Jane Hiltunen, Hancock, MI
Clear and Still, 22°
…The perfect night for a moonlight ski.
Kate Hintz, Mahtomedi, MN
Into the Night
Facing one of my fears, going into the woods at night,
this piece expresses the tranquility that I hope would be “out there” if I ever get brave enough to take the first
step.
Peg McNinch, Atlantic Mine, MI
Color Tour
Distinct seasonal extremes define the Keweenaw.
Resulting from numerous weather factors, fall can be dull, or beyond brilliant. Cameras poorly capture
crisp air and blazing leaves against the sky on a perfect day of an outstanding color season touring a backwoods logging road
in the Keweenaw.
Christine vanDomelen, Hancock, MI
Little Cabin by the Big
Lake Growing up near Lake Superior it always
amazed me how the lake was ever changing. How from beach to beach the colors, sands, and textures could
all be different. Powerful, beautiful, calming, wild…who wouldn’t want a “Little Cabin
by the Big Lake”?
Alexis Wakeham, Trenton, MI
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