Community Voices

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

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

Seasonal Photo

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

Essay | Harvest, Death and Life

PHOTO 4 Root R. trail end west of Preston

Poetry | From Sputnik to Eden

Water flows over the Lanesboro dam along its autumn journey to the Mississippi River.

Autumn Surprises

Bulbs and rhizomes produce familiar annual blooms in southeast Minnesota gardens. Some, like these baby iris, are hardy and relatively carefree—whereas other varieties, more tender and less winter-hardy, must be dug up and properly stored until spring. (Photo by Nancy North)

Essay | Storing Tender Bulbs

Poet and artist Delia Bell (Submitted photo)

Poetry | Summer Haiku & Mid July Greens

Amish oat shocks. Amish farmers cut oats, shock them, and leave them in the field to dry. (Photo by John Torgrimson)

Late Summer Scenes

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Poetry | From a Homesteader’s Journal

PHOTO 1 GIRL

Essay | The Boys and Girls of Summer

There is a traffic jam of people enjoying the water at the confluence of the north and south branches of the Root River east of Lanesboro. (Photo by Renee Bergstrom)

Seasonal Photos

The 1936 barn was built by Ole Peterson and once served more than 20 milk cows. (Photo by Greg Schieber)

Essay | Little Barn in the Big Woods

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