Thanksgiving thoughts from Minnesota Prairie Roots
Words of thanks in the Psalms. (Minnesota Prairie Roots copyrighted file photo) ON THIS NATIONAL day of Thanksgiving, I realize that gratitude may
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Reasons I feel grateful this Thanksgiving
Given my love of words, I created this Thanksgiving display with thrift store art purchases and Scrabble letters. (Minnesota Prairie Roots
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Rural reflections in the season of autumn
Harvest in Monkey Valley near Kenyon. (Minnesota Prairie Roots file photo October 2021) NOVEMBER MARKS A MONTH of transition from autumn to winter
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Two men, two stories
Missing: Daryl “Dice” Budenski (Photo credit: Search for Daryl Budenski Facebook Group) HE’S BEEN MISSING since October 1. Daryl Budenski of
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More than just green fried tomatoes
The vegetable garden outside Buckham Memorial Library, Faribault, Minnesota.(Minnesota Prairie Roots copyrighted file photo August 2020) AT THE END
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Thoughts & choices & frustrations during this pandemic
I took this photo in downtown Faribault on May 15, 2020. It remains my personal most powerful early local documentation of the pandemic. (Minnesota
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Along Goodhue County Road 8, past fields, farms & ghost towns
Just outside of Cannon Falls along Goodhue County Road 8, we stopped to admire the treeline and the gravel road winding toward it. (Minnesota Prairie
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Sleuthing through “Mailbox Mysteries” crafted in Cannon Falls
I used a magnifying glass to study this vintage Cannon Falls area map, among clues in the “Gangster’s Gold” mystery. (Minnesota Prairie Roots
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The journey
Featured in a 2016-2017 “Minnesota Disasters” exhibit at the Steele County History Center in Owatonna. (Minnesota Prairie Roots copyrighted file
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A letter to Dad on Veterans Day
U.S. Army Cpl. Elvern Kletscher, my father, in the trenches in Korea. (From my father’s photo collection) DEAR DAD, I’m sorry. I’m sorry I
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A bit of Norway at a country church in the Sogn Valley
A simple country church, Eidsvold Norwegian Methodist. (Minnesota Prairie Roots copyrighted photo October 2021) WHENEVER I HAPPEN upon an aged rural
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On the backroads of Sogn Valley
Along a backroad in the Sogn Valley, an aged barn and silo hug a curve on a gravel road. (Minnesota Prairie Roots copyrighted photo October
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Another creative look at Cannon Falls
This ghost sign and stairway caught my interest in downtown Cannon Falls. (Minnesota Prairie Roots copyrighted photo October 2021) I VIEW THE WORLD
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From Cannon Falls: How a library quilt inspires
The inspiring quilt displayed at the Cannon Falls Library. (Minnesota Prairie Roots copyrighted photo October 2021) DREAM BIG. Be Creative. One
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From garden to library, sharing the earth’s bounty
The beautiful Harvest Box inside the Cannon Falls Library. (Minnesota Prairie Roots copyrighted photo October 2021) INSIDE THE ENTRYWAY of the