Tag Archives: Minnesota

Wind/Prairie

Usually in October, when the shadows are long and the sunlight at its absolute best, I can convince Steve to take a day off and go on a little overnight trip. This year, we planned late, and I could find … Continue reading

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Ten Years in Minnesota

As the students have been returning to the colleges here, I’ve been very aware that it was exactly ten years ago that I arrived in this place. I had come for an academic year at the Collegeville Institute, following the … Continue reading

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Coolest Small Town in America

I am here in the coolest small town in America, Grand Marais, Minnesota. So says Budget Travel magazine. They have a point. Here at the very northern point of Minnesota along the Lake Superior shoreline, there is a town with some mighty … Continue reading

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