Centered Woodworking
In the past two months, between Wood Week and a trip I took through the Artisan Development Program at North House Folk School, I was...
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Durability: Grit in Uncertain Times
As a youngster, I loved Holling C. Holling’s story beginning with a tiny birchbark canoe set free in the waters of Lake Superior—A Paddle to...
WPI journalism fellowship program comes to Grand Marais
The World Press Institute (WPI) will hold its 58th annual journalism fellowship program this month and has invited 10 journalists from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria,...
Behind the Craft: Quilting
Quilts are one of those “hiding in plain sight” kind of things. We are all familiar with them, many of us grow up with them...
Moose habitat planning effort receives grant
A new federal grant award will fund collaborative planning by the Minnesota DNR to further large-scale moose habitat restoration in northeast Minnesota. The award from...
Solar Co-op can make your Solar Dream a Reality
Agne Smith has been interested in sustainability and the idea of solar power for quite some time. “I’ve always liked the idea that you can...
The Knutkorg: From the Poor Farm to the Trading Post in the 1940s
It’s a couple weeks before Memorial Day, the early 1940s, and the tourist season on the North Shore would soon be in full swing. Spring...
