Month: June 2014
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Between
The line between comfort and despair …. good fortune and tragedy … is often much more tenuous that we care to acknowledge. One of the gato of Puerto Rico sitting in the doorway of the classic Hotel El Convento, between a life of luxury and its life on the street, reminded us of this sometimes…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra
The Room of the Segnatura in the Vatican Museums contains amazing 16th-century works by Raphael. The School of Athens was one of my favorites. I think it is because of the “extra” person in the scene. Raphael painted a self-portrait in the lower right-hand corner of the fresco – he is the one in the…
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Top 10 Reasons Duluth is the Best Place to Live
As the last week of voting takes place in Outside magazine’s “Best Place to Live” contest, with Provo, Utah and Duluth, Minnesota going head-to-head in the final round (vote daily at voteduluth.com!), I thought I would share my Top 10 reasons why Duluth, Minnesota is the Best Town and deserves your vote. Let’s begin: 1. The excitement…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Split-Second Story
The thrill of victory …. the agony of defeat … one shot says it all. The underdogs, Duluth East’s 4×400 meter relay team, seeded 5th for the race, captured the first place spot in the Minnesota Section 7AA high school track meet. The top two relay teams move on to the State Meet, and the…
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