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Root River Project in Lanesboro Draws Praise and Criticism
Essay | Hijacked? The view from seat 11B
Photo Essay | Spring High School Sports

Community Voices

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Bluffland Sunsets, Moonrise

Cover art from a book of fiction by Emilio DeGrazia. (submitted photo)

Poetry | Junk Love and Other Poems

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Settling in for Another Season

A robin stands in a pile of brush on the edge of a stream.

Essay | Celebrating Blossoming Ephemerals, the Return of Birdsong and Earth Day

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April Springs to Life

A well-stocked, vintage kitchen scene.

Essay | Frank Walsh’s Kitchen

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Poetry | “Love…” In Springtime

A young child wearing a blue sweatshirt stand next to the trunk of a large maple tree. On the side of the tree is a silver metal bar holding a blue clear plastic bag that is half filled with clear maple sap. The sunshine peeks behind the tree and across the brown woods in early spring.

Essay | Maple Syrup–A Homesteading Tradition

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Essay | Plowabunga! My Salute to Snowplow Drivers

Pair of eagles sit on a snowy river bank on a sunny day.

Original Photography…Winter Scenes

Pyramid shaped Haystacks in rows in a snowy field.

Essay | 150 Pairs of Boots

An old fashioned metal windmill stands above a field against a sky of pink and blue clouds at sunset

Poetry | Clouds Awakening

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