Port Wing & Passages

Starting a new blog! So exciting and filled with the anticipation of what is to come!  Well, we'll see what all is to come but I certainly have the excitement and anticipation in me.  Of course the first big task is to come up with a name, (what is my purpose, who is my audience, make it concise, easy to remember), so I decided on Port Wing Passages.  And here's why:

Port Wing is our little town in northern Wisconsin located right on Lake Superior.  Currently we are enjoying the influx of THOUSANDS (who knew?) of people coming to see the rarely accessible ice caves along the shores of the Lake Superior National Lakeshore near Cornucopia, 18 miles east of us.  The lines of hundreds of cars traveling to the caves these days are on roads that may see a TOTAL of ten cars on a typical day in February.  But more on that in a future post.

So, Port Wing. My grandparents were some of the original settlers here, a Swedish immigrant couple who arrived from Duluth with 3 small children, ready to homestead an American dream.  Jump ahead about 125 years and we have left the big city to move here, carry out our own dream of opening a B&B on the old homestead property, and enjoy life in our little town.  And here it is, small but full of heart, and covered with LOTS of snow right now and a promise of another foot tonight. (Ah, there's another blog topic!)

Port Wing with Lake Superior - Photo by Mary Childs

And Passages - it has many meanings that can be supported in a blog like this.  

• a road, path, channel, or course by which something passes - all the cars passing through town?
• the action or process of passing from one place, condition, or stage to another a continuous movement or flow - our passage from careers as teachers in suburban settings to a different form of service a rural setting
• the passing of a legislative measure or law - Wisconsin, we're watching you!
• something that happens or is done - the sky's the limit!
• a usually brief portion of a written work or speech that is relevant to a point under discussion or noteworthy for content or style - Notice it says "brief!"
• a phrase or short section of a musical composition - Well, I'm listening to music as I write this...
• the act or action of passing something or undergoing a passing - lots of new people passing through our lives from staying at our B&B, people who have become friends

 So this is the plan.  Port Wing Passages is soon to be online.   If you see something I should correct, add or write about, please add it to the comments.  I'm not sure if the settings are as they should be yet, but here goes.  Publish!

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passages