LN LIFE
THE LAST SLICE: Pets teach us life lessons and shed on the couch
The trials and tribulations of pet ownership - is it smart to have a pet?
By By Jill Pertler , November 09, 2009
Choosing a pet – finding a friend that fits your lifestyle
Pet ownership is a big step. It is exciting and fun. It can also be a lot of work. Before you make the leap and bring that adorable, wide-eyed,
fluffy little kitten home, take some time to assess your personal situation and how it might impact your choice of pet.
By Jill Pertler , November 09, 2009
TRAVEL: THE LOST 40: Daytrippin’ from Duluth
The Lost 40, 144 acres of protected land, escaped the logger’s ax back in the late 1800s and the decades ahead because of a mistake by land surveyors.
By Story and Photography by June Kallestad , November 09, 2009
BOOKLIGHT: “THE INDIFFERENT STARS ABOVE”: an enthrallling saga of emigration and tragedy
Through meticulous research – including walking much of the actual physical path that the emigrants walked more than 160 years ago – and through his extraordinary empathy and prose, Brown has created a work of narrative non-fiction that gives true and new insights into the events that transpired that awful winter of 1846-47 – and keeps the reader enthralled and rushing to turn pages along the way.
By Ellen Baker , November 09, 2009
Ready to boost your triple bottom line?
Community members given an opportunity to get practical knowledge on how they can be better stewards of the environment.By Beth Probst , November 09, 2009
LN Life: JUMP! A dog-gone good time had by all!
At Dockdog games, just as in life, everybody roots for the underdog – and in this arena, they have just as good a chance as anyone to come home a winner.
By Lucie Amundsen , October 02, 2009
THE LAST SLICE: Going to deer camp - or not
“Wouldn’t it be great if you could come with us to deer camp?” he asks.
My husband and our three sons are enlightened and possess a knowing and all-encompassing appreciation for deer camp. They love life in the woods. Trouble is, orange isn’t my color and I’ve grown accustomed to indoor plumbing. Plus, when I say I like eating out, I do not mean out in the woods.
By Jill Pertler , October 02, 2009
BOOKLIGHT: "The Food of a Younger Land"
Mark Kurlansky’s “The Food of a Younger Land” is, as the subtitle describes it, “a portrait of American food – before the national highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation’s food was seasonal, regional, and traditional – from the lost WPA files.” It’s also a real treasure.
By Ellen Baker , October 02, 2009
TRAVEL: Dude Ranch Vacations
A couple of summers ago I had the opportunity to visit a half-dozen dude ranches in Colorado. I was curious to see whether there was anything else for one to do but ride horses, and of course, I wondered what the food was like. Would it be chuck wagon chow? Beans and wieners?
By Bea Ojakangas , October 02, 2009
BEST KEPT SECRETS: Rogue Gardener's Perennial Display Stops Traffic
A rumor of a secret garden takes Holly Henry to visit Peggy Moen and her traffic stopping, colorful an ever-growing garden!
By Holly Henry , August 15, 2009
BEST KEPT SECRETS: "Barb's Jugs"
Potter creates jugs and fun, and with a name like that, "Barb's Jugs" draws a little curiosity, too.
By Story and Photography by Holly Henry , August 15, 2009
BEST KEPT SECRETS: City Chickens
A little known ordinance passed in the city of Duluth has people more than a little curious about the pastime – Urban Chickens.
By Story and Photography by Lucie Amundsen , August 15, 2009
BEST KEPT SECRETS: Scotch Tape was born in Two Harbors?
Well, yes, in a way it was. Take a trip up the shore to a little museum where the giant corporation 3M got its start. The building served as 3M headquarters until the company moved to St. Paul in 1916.
By Holly Henry , August 15, 2009
BEST KEPT SECRETS: Your Pod or Mine?
My obsession (kind of like Richard Dreyfuss’ in Close Encounters of the Third Kind) began in the fall of 1970 with a “Playboy” I found under my brother Glen’s bed. I brought it up in a family meeting about what to do with the derelict building we had just bought next door to our house in Chicago.
“Let's put a Futuro House there!” I said.
By Robin Washington, Photography by Julia Cheng , August 15, 2009
LN FOOD: The Perfect Pizza
The Met & Potato Man goes out in search for the perfect pizza.
By Meat & Potato Man , August 15, 2009
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