Community Voices

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Poetry | Welcome Winter

Lanesboro historian and poet shares seasonal poems with readers.

On cold winter days, ice creeps slowly from the shore toward the main channel of the Root River near Peterson. (Photo by Craig Johnson)

Cold Days…Hot Nights

Craig Johnson shares seasonal photos.

(Photos by Andy Lowe)

Poetry | Emerging

‘Emerging’ by Lanesboro poet and musician Ann Lowe.

"...a flowing stream, a crackling fire..." foster companionship along the Root River. (Photo by John Gaddo)

Essay | Campfire Truths

Writer Ken Lubinski advocates replacing the annual business conference with a tribal campfire.

Sunset comes early in November as each day gets shorter, leading up to the winter equinox on December 21. (Photo by Renee Bergstrom)

Prelude to Winter

Renee Bergstrom captures in images the transition from autumn to winter.

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Essay | Scottish Highlands South of Highland

A Big Woods amateur homesteader raises Scottish Highland cattle.

A poem inspired by an image is called an Ekphrasis poem. This photo inspired the poem Double Vision. The photo was taken in September 1987 – “the corn still standing, with fall color (and gravel dust) in the distance.” The barn has since been torn down, but the rainbow door was saved. (Photo by Berta Aug)

Poetry | Double Vision & More

Preston area poet Berta Aug shares poems with readers.

The Power and Control Wheel (The Duluth Model) is a comprehensive wheel that outlines patterns of abuse encompassing physical, emotional, psychological, and financial aspects. It includes tactics such as intimidation, isolation, threats, coercion, and manipulation.

Essay | Listening is Doing Something

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Drue Fergison is pictured in Parthenay, a stunning medieval walled city 30 minutes north of her new home in France. She was there in October, called "Octobre Rose" - Pink October - to participate in a walk in support of breast cancer research. On the occasion of Pink October, everyone who participated got a hot pink t-shirt. "Group walks are very popular," she says. "This one was 10 kilometers (six miles). Dogs are allowed to come on these group walks." Her dog Timmy, an Australian Shepherd, joined the walk. (Photo courtesy of Drue Fergison)

Moving to France

Observations from Drue Fergison on her move from southeast Minnesota to west-central France.

A sphinx moth dances on a bed of petunias on a warm day in October.

Seasonal Photo

Renee Bergstrom captures the fading images of Autumn.

Gardening teaches us life lessons about death and life. (All photos by Loni Kemp).

Essay | Harvest, Death and Life

The garden harvest is a metaphor for life and death

PHOTO 4 Root R. trail end west of Preston

Poetry | From Sputnik to Eden

Winona’s first poet laureate shares three poems with readers

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