I always go into the holiday season with a concrete gift-giving plan for my three kids. I try to buy each of them one thing they want, something...
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Welcome to the October/November 2023 Issue
Despite all of the elaborate holiday plans I start dreaming up this time of year, some of my best memories of family are just sitting around the...
Welcome to the August/September Issue
I graduated from college the spring after the World Trade Towers collapsed and went to work at a daily newspaper in central Minnesota. In my first...
Welcome to the June/July 2023 Issue
Maybe I’m doing summer wrong, but I haven’t experienced “the lazy days of summer” since having kids. When they were young, there was nothing lazy...
Welcome to the April/May 2023 Issue
As a lifelong Minnesotan, I can survive a Minnesota winter with the best of them. I’ve found that getting outside for a bit each day is key: I love...
Welcome to the February/March 2023 Issue
When my husband, 6-month-old daughter and I moved “south of the river” from Minneapolis about 10 years ago, we were looking for one thing: A shorter...
