I've been fielding some questions requesting more basic information about parenting, children, and Love and Logic. Therefore, I thought it would be pertinent to spend a few moments discussing some of …
Many of the small, early settlements in Burnett County have faded away. In many cases, something remains to show where the settlement once was. Donersville is more elusive than that and for a good …
This week’s questions both touch on navigating uncertainty in relationships.
In Sweden, there used to be a widespread belief that animals could talk on Christmas Eve. My Swedish mother read me stories about this as a child, and it is true. Apparently throughout …
It’s hard to believe there is just a little over one week left in 2025. It is also hard to believe it has been nearly 40 years now since I sat on Santa’s lap and told him what I wanted for …
Dawn was disappointingly gray over Lake Superior. Having been given a rare chance to wake up with a lake view, I’d hoped for something a little more spectacular. But a touch of color warmed the far …
On a recent December evening, Chad Noll was filling up his truck at a gas station in Siren, well aware of what was coming. A frigid cold front was moving in and temperatures were set to plunge to 20 …
I know there are a lot of opinions about the right way to do Christmas. My husband, Peter, feels the holidays are too commercial—too much time spent in preparation, too much added stress …
A recent survey showed that today more people eat beef for Christmas dinner––roast beef, prime rib or steak––than turkey or ham. But, if we step back 150 years, what would we …
This week’s question comes from Gretchen in Osceola: I am an ICU nurse, and I have worked every Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Year’s for the last six years. It …
By Heaven Walker | Educator/Naturalist at the Cable Natural History Museum It was an early morning at the Cable Natural History Museum as I loaded up the van with our MuseumMobile totes, gearing …
Where we live, it appears ready for Christmas with freshly fallen blankets of white snow, festive lighting, and most people seem more joyful and full of cheer this time of year. I enjoy holiday …
We are heading into the holiday season—already. This year it seems like I have been running and racing and making it to places in the nick of time all year. I tend to …
One of the questions I get a lot from readers who bump into me at a local store or restaurant is: How do we separate our own political views when reporting the news, especially during this …
Lake Superior was astonishingly calm as we walked out to a rocky point in the last rays of the setting sun. With no wind and temperatures well above normal for late November, my fiance and I only …
Freida McFadden’s thriller novel, “The Housemaid,” has been made into a movie starring Amanda Seyfried, Sydney Sweeney and Brandon Sklenar, and it hits the big screen on Dec. 19. I …
“A long time ago, the owner of that cornfield asked if I would sell this little piece of relatively flat woods to him,” my dad told me while walking me through a section of my …
In our household, my husband Peter and I have acquired nicknames which we imagine our cat, Felix, calls us. To Felix, I am Mama and Peter is Mouse. We came by these names because I spend …
National Cookie Day is Dec. 4. It’s fitting that it occurs at the time of year when so many households are baking Christmas cookies. Like so many of the foods we eat today, the origin of …
Farming remains core to Leader Land, though the methods and approaches may vary over time and between farms. Who is farming now and how are they doing it? As an aspiring farmer without experience, …