LN LIFE
Cutting Through the Chaos & Clutter, Simple steps for getting organized in 2010
Carol Willoughby has a problem: “I have holes in my hands,” she explains
with a slight glint of pride in her eyes. “I have four sets of keys because I know that two [sets] will be lost at any given time.”
By Michael Kooi , January 06, 2010
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
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: 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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