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Grand Marais Garden Club’s October activities
This year, the theme for the Grand Marais Garden Club has been “Out and About with Gardening,” and we certainly have been all over the area! We’ve spent the spring and summer touring several gardens in Cook County. We’ve learned about wildflowers and shared blueberry recipes. In September, we headed up the Gunflint Trail and had lunch at Trail Center, […]
Lake Superior water levels are higher than normal
According to the International Lake Superior Board of Control, Lake Superior’s August 2022 water level was 3.9 inches higher than the season long-term average (1918-2021) and 4.3 inches higher than the level in 2021. Lake Michigan-Huron is 8.3 inches above average and 9.5 inches below last August’s average. Great Lake water levels through September show that all of the Great […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to all […]
Minnesota Star Watch for October
The nights are getting longer and darker, but brilliant Jupiter provides a beacon until well into the morning hours. The king of planets comes out in the east at nightfall and dominates the sky. West of Jupiter shines Saturn, and above the ringed planet the Summer Triangle of stars still rides high. A waxing moon passes Saturn between the 4th […]
Fighting through a storm
I cannot compose an essay in which I describe all of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life. Say, rather, that I choose not to. I choose not to ask that of my editor and publisher. The hardest things I have done in my life mostly have not been done in the out-of-doors and do not belong in […]
Fall is my favorite
October is my favorite time of year. Yes, because I love Fall. But also, it is my birthday month. I was born in the 10th month, on the 10th day at 10 in the morning. I have a birth certificate signed by Roger McDonald MD saying this is the truth so help me, God. Because of this, my golden birthday […]
Bare Bones
Night. In the back alley of a community theater, Rob waits patiently until finally, from within, a skeleton, SCOTT, emerges. Scott is approximately 206 bones. He’s wearing trousers, a sport coat, and a scarf. ROB: You must be Scott. SCOTT: In the flesh. (off Rob’s look) –It’s just an expression. R: Good to meet you. Let’s jump right in. I, […]