For the wedding industry, ’tis the season. More couples get engaged during the month of December than any other month on the calendar. If you’re reading this…you might very well be one of them (and if you’re not yet, don’t worry–your time is coming:) If you *are* scrolling this with a new piece of jewelry […]

Itasca State Park is an important place. It is Minnesota’s oldest state park, and it is the second-oldest state park in the United States, right behind Niagara Falls State Park. This contains the headwaters to the Mississippi River, with that flowing body of water beginning as gentle ripple over a ridge of rocks at the […]

  Every story has to have a setting; it’s just the laws of literature. Even if it is not explicitly stated or if it is left to the imagination, every story has to happen somewhere, sometime. This literary element is needed in order to create the mood of a narrative, and without that atmosphere created […]

  Thirteen is so often considered an unlucky number, but for Megan, March 13th has been a good day for the last seven years. It is her dating anniversary with Adam, her high school sweetheart, her love.   March 14th, however, now rivals that date, as that will be the anniversary of when Adam when […]

  When we meet the ones who get us, it is amazing how we just know it is meant to be.   That is how I felt when I met Katie. Katie, she gets me. As a fellow teacher of ninth grade English, she would know and understand my “Romeo and Juliet” jokes. She loves […]

    Enger Tower Park is such a popular Duluth locale no matter the season, but if someone is seeking true beauty, it is amazing in the winter. I don’t know if it is the clean snow cover that makes is extra amazing, or if it is the hike on an ice-like road since the […]