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Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate
As I sat listening to the noteworthy performances of our high school’s music ensembles at their annual holiday concert this weekend, I could not help but reflect on how life is so very delicate. In the photo below, my son is no older than those innocent children in Connecticut whose lives were taken in Friday’s horror-filled…
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Peaceful Sunday at the Feeder
One would expect Minnesotans to be somewhat jaded and indifferent to news of a fresh layer of snow in December. However, after a winter last year that was brown and gray for much of the season, and a November this year that left us with only a few inches for a brief period of time, many…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons
Thanksgiving Day marked an abrupt change of season from fall to winter in northern Minnesota. Thanksgiving morning was beautiful and sunny with temperatures reaching 50 °F (10 °C) by early afternoon. As the day progressed, a cold front with gusty winds and snow moved in, dropping the temperatures overnight by 30 °F. I used a photo from…
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It’s All About the Little Things
Which parent hasn’t searched the world over and then paid through the nose for the elusive toy that darling Jimmy whispered into Santa’s ear was the “one” special present he wanted this year? (I confess, for me, it was a hard-to-get Lego kit that I ended up ordering online and paying almost as much in…
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Embracing the Beauty of Winter
I am wistfully wishing for more snow, as the last layer retreats with temperatures pushing 50 degrees Fahrenheit — an unseasonably warm day for early December. We are past the warm colors of autumn, and the green of spring is many months away. Living in northern Minnesota, you learn to embrace winter, or face the risk that…
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