Driftless Stories
Getting Our Hands Dirty: A Growing Interest in Community-Focused Gardening
Story and Photos by Kelly Larsen The disdain I once held for gardening still remains distinct in my memory. As a little kid, I dreaded…
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Story and Photos by Kelly Larsen The disdain I once held for gardening still remains distinct in my memory. As a little kid, I dreaded…
By Aryn Henning Nichols In the middle of a gallery, with walls covered in bright memories of places and events he’s experienced over the past…
By Aryn Henning Nichols Growing up a member of the Clean Plate Club, “There are starving children in Africa,” seemed merely a parental guilt tactic…
By Lauren Kraus Printed in the October/November 2008 edition of Inspire(d) This is the fourth in a series of articles that serves as a tribute…
By Lauren Kraus Printed in the September 2008 edition of Inspire(d) This is the third in a series of articles that serves as a tribute…
By Lauren Kraus Printed in the June 2008 edition of Inspire(d) This is the second in a series of articles that serves as a tribute…
Interviewed by daughter-in-law Lynne Zotalis. It’s so interesting how things come around. I will have two new grandchildren by spring. Their great grandma, Virginia, will…
What’s the best advice anyone ever gave you? Honesty. Don’t speak badly about others, and never say a “bad” word! What did you want to…
Regina Cecelia Broghammer (nee Knox) Born at home “on Groundhog’s Day” (February 2), 1908 in Plymouth Rock Parish in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Regina is the…
What’s the best advice anyone ever gave you? Just be myself. How about the worst? When they took my car keys away. I had already…
Sculpture artist Kelly Ludeking loves metal. Pretty much all kinds of it. And while he originally started with bronze and aluminum, it was an iron pour that really pulled him in. For Kelly, pouring iron is about community. It’s about learning and teaching, and it was this aspect that really sealed his path and passion.
Interviewed by Eric Paulson, Hometown Taxi driver, who says Sandy is the most inspiring person he has ever met. What’s the best advice anyone ever…