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“Quirky and happy, that’s every day at The Lemon Door,” says Melodie Betts, owner of the eclectic coffee house located in Fennimore, WI.

Preservation of the Mississippi, and adjacent waterways, has become the mission of River Clean Up (RCU) for more than three decades.

These flower chains are perfect for manifesting spring vibes in your house (or for decorating at an early spring backyard get-together)!

Mental health counselor Olivia Lynn Schnur shares ways we can start to become radically inspired in our lives.

Beautiful things and terrible things exist simultaneously. Generosity and selfishness. Happiness and despair. Kindness and rage. Light and dark. One side does not negate the…

Editor Aryn Henning Nichols writes about the Spring 2026 Inspire(d) theme: Radical Inspiration - Lighting a spark in the darkness.

11-year-old Olive Muggli-Toyloy writes about libraries and allowing boredom to show the places that can feel like home.

13-year-old Hudson Delaney writes a poem about the hidden gem that is the Driftless Region for the Spring 2026 Inspire(d).

For the Spring 2026 Inspire(d), Frances Zielinski, age 11, writes a poem about finding a home in theatre and live performance groups.

Hazel Opheim, age 13, wrote a poem about Decorah, the Driftless, and home, for the Spring 2026 Inspire(d) Magazine.

11-year-old Charlotte Yu shares her poem, "Home is the Book with Letters," for the Spring 2026 Inspire(d) Magazine.

Northeast Iowa artist and flower farmer Jen Opheim knows the power of new beginnings.