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  • Taking Time to Enjoy the Sunsets

      The blog has been neglected, but summers are not meant for sitting in front of the computer screen.  Hope your summer has been full of the things summer is meant for:  soaking up the sunshine (although in Duluth, the first 1/3 of summer left us sorely sun-starved), digging in the dirt, playing in the…

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  • Dessert for Summer Potlucks When You Have No Time to Cook (If the Cat Licks the Beaters, Even Clean Up Goes Quickly)

    Originally posted on Travel. Garden. Eat.: Kudos to those who enjoy and/or have time to spend hours crafting an elegant dessert that creates a memorable end to a meal.  I tend to be the one who thinks as I am working, “Crud, what are we going to make for the neighborhood gathering tonight?” and then…

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  • Our Home Away From Home in Puerto Rico

    Sometimes you are fortunate enough to find a spot while traveling that allows you to relax and makes you feel like you are at home — without the hassle of housework, of course.  Instead, you can kick back, grab a good book, enjoy the view from a lounge chair, and even have a favorite four-legged friend…

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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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