Duluth Guides + Resources

Duluth has so many great indoor things to do with the kids during the winter months, but we're in a pandemic and some of us aren’t comfortable using these venues because our comfort levels are different. Luckily, we live...

January is national radon awareness and radon action month. Has your home or living space been tested recently? The only way to find out if radon is in your home is by testing. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)...

The feeling of Christmas and the holiday season is most definitely present at our house this year. Since Clara is now five years old, there are questions flying at me almost every day about Old Saint Nick or, you...

Familiar holiday season retail features such as Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday seem to be available earlier than ever before.  Mail carriers and delivery services are busier than previous seasons, carrying loads of product and letters. We...

Solo parenting with your partner across the world is not for the faint of heart. But military mamas don’t have to go at it alone either. I’ve gathered up a few ways that I've made our daily lives simpler,...

Minnesota Educator Academy (MEA) is where our beloved teachers gather together the third Thursday of October every year. Teachers attend to continue learning for themselves, to network, and to gain free resources. This means that many students in Minnesota...

Two years ago, our autistic middle son, Gus, rode his bike off of our normal path. He moved very quickly. We lost him. My husband jumped on his bike and rode the surrounding blocks yelling for him but we...

There are two kinds of parents: ones who never want summer to end and those who would love year round school (maybe with a few breaks sprinkled in). I'd say I lean toward the second group. I’m not saying...

There are so many things we've had to do differently thanks to Covid-19, including education. Distance learning threw a lot of parents a big twist and made the school year full of new challenges. Having kids home during the...

When my daughter asks for ice cream, I rarely ever say no.  The ask usually comes after a full day of errands, a hot hike, or a sweaty day of summer camp - seriously, how could I say no?...