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Glimpses of the West

Head west of the Twin Cities and you’ll observe a slow transition from pretty citified to committed farming that merges into downright cowboy-ing. The sky gets bigger and the conditions are exponentially more tough. Remnants of the Old West begin to appear in montage – a conversation at a breakfast counter, a ranch’s driveway with [...]

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Why Did My Teacher Make Me Read Giants in the Earth?

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them: the same became mighty men, who were of old, men of renown. – Genesis 6:4 When I was in high school, I could have [...]

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Where Corn is King

And The Corn Palace Celebrates Its Majesty Farms in corn country are looking especially tidy these days. Flush with cash from ethanol subsidies, Midwestern farmers are enjoying a feast-ly economy from high land values which they can leverage into improvements. This economic boon has been steadily growing for over six years. In 2006, an Iowa [...]

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Putting in Our Loon Nesting Platform

A wonderful tradition in the Wuebker family lives on. You might recall that we wrote about the history of our loon pontoon up at the cabin a couple of years ago. Pete’s mom and dad were both “loon counters” on Woman Lake and decided the lagoon in front of the cabin was the perfect spot [...]

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Christmas Favorites

A nostalgic conversation with my brother, John, about our favorite Christmas music, movies, television shows, and traditionsĀ led him to request that I write this post. Our earliest memories are the songs on the annual Christmas record album our parents purchased from the local Goodyear tire shop for years (who knew there is anĀ entire site devoted [...]

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