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Let's get real for a minute.  Fall is coming. It's kinnnnnnda already here. GULP. It's fleeting in these parts, but it's glorious and beautiful. The Duluth

All right. Are you sitting down while you read this post? Because I don’t want to inadvertently make your blood pressure spike or cause you to break out in a cold sweat. Both of those things used to happen...

I celebrated my 18th birthday in March of the year 2000 (I know, I’m ancient) and the turn of the new century felt like it was a blank page waiting to be written. That fall I began walking the...

Okay, I get it. You’ve barely finished digging yourself out from this latest round of early December snow and here I am telling you why you should love Duluth’s seemingly relentless winters. It may feel impossible while your entire...

I have never cooked a full traditional Thanksgiving meal before, have you?! Dare I even say it? I am 100% content with a good charcuterie spread and a bottle of Pinot Noir? Like many holidays this year, Thanksgiving is going...

It's dark out. The glow of the laptop is the only light shining. My husband and dog are somehow tandem snoring. Somewhere I am sure there is a study about that being "a thing." It's a thing in our...

My dad always used to love to reference our “Fresh Country Air”, but in my eye-rolling-quick-to-assume days of youth, I always thought he was somehow referencing the pungent odor of manure. What IS “Fresh Country Air”? I simply couldn’t...

My number one goal with raising my daughter, is teaching her to be kind. I know that is a broad statement, and I have a lot of little life lessons within that goal. She needs to know the joy...

It's hard to believe, but we're a few short weeks away from the full bloom of spring. Kids will be chomping at the bit to see the start of summer vacation... and you'll be staring down a lot of...

Even though I don’t own a dog, I genuinely enjoy them. They are wonderful and almost always friendly animals. I know your dog means the world to you and is an extremely important part of your family. The intent...