The News from Lake Wobegon for June 1, 2013
Garrison Keillor, A Prairie Home Companion
The News from Lake Wobegon for June 1, 2013
It was cloudy and chilly here this last weekend—Memorial Day weekend, which was a sore disappointment to people…
Myrtle and Florian Krebsbach take a trip to Iowa, Amy Tollerud graduates high school and prepares to leave for college, and Clarence Bunsen has an automotive encounter with a June bug.
The News from Lake Wobegon for May 25, 2013
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The News from Lake Wobegon for May 25, 2013
It’s been rainy out there It’s been raining most of the week and so everything is blossoming and blooming. Everything is green.
Father Wilmer hosts a picnic at Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility, the Lake Wobegon Whippets open their season, and the story of Wally “Old Hard Hands” Bunsen.
Get on outside, people, and smell the flowers. Breathe ‘em in, all you can as you go. Somewhere along the way, years from now, even, you’ll smell them again, and they’ll bring to mind a memory of something you did today, and perhaps it will be amazing. You just never do know.
- In her latest column, Mrs. Sundberg ponders the memories associated with various flowers and offers a recipe for spring-y Scandinavian Rhubarb Pudding.
The News from Lake Wobegon for May 11, 2013
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The News from Lake Wobegon for May 11, 2013
It’s been beautiful out there. We’re coming to spring here and everything’s gorgeous.
Fishing season begins in Lake Wobegon, the host learns of his mother’s online Scrabble habit, and the history of the annual Willis Bunsen Grocery Run event.
The News from Lake Wobegon for May 4, 2013
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The News from Lake Wobegon for May 4, 2013
It snowed this last week. It was harmful, it was hurtful to people, and people suffered from it. They were angry at it.
The town attends the high school’s production of ‘Our Town,’ Sarah Peterson worries her parents by becoming successful, and Mavis investigates Vern’s past.
Lake Wobegon Weather Update: We narrowly avoided the 15 inches of heavy snow that fell in southeastern Minnesota overnight and (fingers crossed) we’re on the way back to spring-like temperatures.
The News from Lake Wobegon for April 27, 2013
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The News from Lake Wobegon for April 27, 2013
Spring has finally arrived and the crocuses are up and the flowers are up and there’s green grass and people are hanging their sheets out on the line, just for the smell of it, just for the beauty of it.
Donny Krebsbach ventures onto the lake in search of early spring ice fishing, Christopher Inqvist gets a summer job at Ralph’s Pretty Good Grocery, and thoughts on the importance of yard work.
Lake Wobegon Weather Update: last week’s snow is almost gone, the sun has finally returned and we might even see a few 70-degree days this weekend.