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Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art
There is nothing more musical than a sunset. ~ Claude Debussy Nature paints works of art like no other. Within the span of just minutes, the palette changes. Colors shift, light dances. Winter continues its lingering goodbye in northern Minnesota with Spring competing for the landscape. While the loons called out, always a welcome sign…
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An Open Letter to our Local School District
Dear Superintendent Gronseth and ISD 709 School Board members: The Duluth News Tribune article “Denfeld Student Sings to Protest Dropping of Spanish Class” initially prompted my drafting of this open letter. I suspect that many voters supporting the levy referendum last November may have voted differently if they had known cuts in critical programming…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Spring
Nothing says Spring like an outdoor track meet! The chill in the air as the sun goes down and the lights come on, the cheers of teams on the sidelines as the 4×400 relay wraps up the day’s events. High school students giving it their all around the track. Every meet has moments of…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters
With National Decision Day looming on May 1st, letters have been very much on prospective college students’ minds this month. Is the letter long or short, envelope thin or fat? Did the dream school say “yes”? Did the scholarship come through? So much riding on those letters …. While the decision is important, there are many good colleges…
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Sand Dunes in the Mountains
I gave you a glimpse of the Great Sand Dunes National Park in the post for this week’s photo challenge. It is worth revisiting in more detail, starting with the sunrise at San Luis State Park, just outside the dunes. The San Luis campground was the ideal launching pad for a day trip to the…
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