Unorganized Territory
A simple rearrangement
As readers know, I am on a lifelong quest to be more organized. I joke that I am unorganized because I grew up in the unorganized tax district of Grand Marais. I don't know if that is the reason I tend to be scattered, but I am forever trying to get my life in order. Full Story
the good news
Together with Christ
The shock Kay and DeeAnn must have felt can hardly be imagined. The two 56-year-old women did not know each other, even though their mothers were neighbors and they were born on the same day in the same hospital. Recently, the two met for the first time to resolve a mystery and put away rumors once and for all. Full Story
Historical Reflections
In a recent Taste of Home, our food columnist Sandy Holthaus asked about the origin of the name of Devil's Track Lake in Grand Marais. Sandy shared the story she had heard, that the lake received its name when a one-legged trapper left an unusual trail of tracks—one snowshoe, one imprint from a peg leg. Full Story
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · May 17, 1999 • About 25 people braved the wind and cold of Tuesday to meet and greet two members from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources who were in town to discuss the possibility of a large grant from the DNR to assist with the purchase of Gene's Standard property by the city of Grand Marais. Full Story
OVER THE HILL
Even the Robin Looks Depressed
In the tradition of the great naturalist, Edwin Way Teale, I kept a short journal in which I documented the South Shore of Devil Track Lake's journey into spring. Winter has outstayed its welcome in this little microclimate. I've lived in northern Minnesota long enough to know that a cold snap in May is not rare, but this is getting ridiculous. Full Story
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