Month: March 2024

Reclaiming the garden was one of the first projects after moving to the Big Woods. (Photo by Greg Schieber)

Essay | Time is Illusive on Our Farm in the Big Woods

There is never enough time for all the projects on this small farm.

Blooming native bluebells (Mertensia boraginaceae) return to the Root River valley every spring. (Photo by Nancy North)

Poetry | Wandering into Spring

Tom Pursell shares two seasonal poems as warmer weather returns.

A lone cottonwood against the distant melting remnants of snow between Bratsberg and Highland in eastern Fillmore County. (Photo by Craig Johnson)

Winter into Spring

March photo ssubmission from Craig Johnson.

Kelli Pierce, Activities Director at Thrifty Threads in Preston, helps Mikki hang donated clothing on the sale rack. (Photo by John Weiss)

Thrifty Threads Serves Those with Special Needs and the Community

John Weiss goes thrifting in Preston at store with special needs workers.

This owl entry came from 12 year old Jue-Hsin Huang of Taiwan, Republic of China. (Photos courtesy of International Owl Center)

Festival of Owls Kids Art Contest Draws Thousands of Entries from Around the World

Karla Bloem details the 2023-24 Festival of Owls Kids-Art-Contest.

The Root River on an autumn day inspires one to reflect on the beauty of nature. (Photo by Ella Deutchman)

Forest Bathing: Meditations on Sound and Movement

Ella Deutchman attends a forest bathing workshop led by artist Annie Hejny.

Root River valley communities benefit from the regional Paint the Town Grant program. (Photos by John Gaddo and Nancy North)

Paint The Town — Sprucing Up Our Communities

Several area communities have benefited in recent years from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation’s Paint the Town grant program. We visit four of them.

Root River Current's founding board members celebrate the eMagazine's first year of publication – pictured left to right: Steve Harris, Renee Bergstrom, John Gaddo, Loni Kemp, Dick Nethercut, Melissa Wray, Pat Torgrimson, Nancy North, and John Torgrimson. (Photo by Susie Harris)

Happy Birthday, Root River Current!

Root River Current’s first year of publishing—on behalf of its board of directors, co-publishers John Torgrimson and John Gaddo look back at what it took to get here and plans for the future of this online magazine. They talk with Steve Harris.