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You can help: Establishing “water coolers of literacy” in rural Minnesota
Buckham Memorial Library, Faribault WHEN A NOTICE arrived in my e-mail in-box on Monday that Kathryn Stockett’s The Help was available for me at the local public library, I was thrilled. I’d been...
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Brainstorming on Faribault’s future
NEVER HAVE I BEEN PART of a community’s visioning process. Until Thursday evening, when eleven of us gathered at the Historic Hutchinson House Bed & Breakfast to discuss Faribault’s strengths,...
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Let’s brainstorm business ideas for an historic building in Lamberton
IT’S BEEN AWHILE since I’ve thought of the historic 1892 former bank building in downtown Lamberton in my native southwestern Minnesota. A side shot of the former bakery. Just imagine the possibilities...
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Everyone poops & other examples of positivity in Minnesota
My great niece Kiera painted this stone that lies on my office desk as a visual reminder of hope. Minnesota Prairie Roots file photo. WHEN GLOBAL, NATIONAL, state, local and personal issues leave us...
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An outsider’s quick look at, & visions for, downtown Sleepy Eye, Part II
WHEN I SEE A COMMUNITY like Sleepy Eye with so many architecturally-pleasing historic buildings, I wish I could wave a financial wand. If I could, I would sweep away the metal, the wood, the...
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Valentine’s Day: Beyond chocolate & roses
Minnesota Prairie Roots file photo. VALENTINE’S DAY. What an opportunity to show love. Beyond the romantic, this day encompasses love within families, love among friends, love within communities....
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Finding creative ways to deal with our “new normal”
A message on the now closed Paradise Center for the Arts in historic downtown Faribault reminds us that we are in unprecedented times. ALTHOUGH I EXPECTED IT, the news still felt like a punch to the...
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