Nature comes to Ely
Ely—Ellie Emerson was intrigued by her father’s friend Henry. The two men talked long into the night as Ellie eavesdropped from a secluded corner of...
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Amethyst: The purple rocks of Thunder Bay
In the increasingly popular world of healing crystals, amethyst is one of many semi-precious stones that is attracting attention from the alternative medicine resurgence. People...
Plastic-free July
While visiting my parents in Michigan, we had been enjoying watching a pair of Canada geese and their five goslings. Each day the family of...
Stars of the North Festival Returns to Grand Marais
For the past two summers, Grand Marais’ Harbor Park has been busier and louder than usual with a new weekend-long music festival. That tradition will...
In the Night of Memory
In the Night of Memory returns to the fictional reservation as Azure and Rain, ages 3 & 4, make their way home after their mother...
Threshold: New and selected poems
Author’s sixth book of poetry encapsulating her life’s work. Delves into serious-sometimes dark-topics, but doesn’t wallow in them....
Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth
The new “paperboy” in town, 11-year-old Reenie Kelly introduces herself to everyone on her route, except one; Mr. Marsworth, the town recluse who doesn’t answer...
Dream Country
The heartbreaking story of five generations of young people from a single African-and-American family pursuing an elusive dream of freedom....