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Riding the Rails
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Riding the Rails

Coffee Klatsch, Oh Ja, Wobegon TrailAugust 3, 2023

As Snoopy starts many of his tales, “it was a dark and stormy night …” It’s been a year like that for me.

Lake Wobegon Summer Rides

Lake Wobegon Summer Rides

Occasions, Stearns, Wobegon TrailMay 28, 2023

Stearns County is preparing for its 24th annual Lake Wobegon Trail Caramel Roll, Lady Slipper, and Caramel Apple bike rides.

Listening for the Weather

Listening for the Weather

Coffee Klatsch, Memories, StearnsMarch 23, 2023

Minnesotans understand a funnel cloud, a menacing sky, the gusts of wind that mean business.

Poopers & Wiener Planters

Poopers & Wiener Planters

Coffee Klatsch, Cuisine, Oh Ja, StearnsMarch 5, 2023

Residents of Fishers, Indiana resorted to signs to divert covert lawn poopers.

On the Bench Where You Said You Were Dying

On the Bench Where You Said You Were Dying

MemoriesFebruary 28, 2023

You inspired me to buy a sausage maker, which I never ever used. As if I would, without you.

Team Pickle

Team Pickle

Coffee Klatsch, Cuisine, Oh JaFebruary 7, 2023

The truth is out there about the jar of pickles on the side of the road near Des Peres, Missouri.

Shmokin’ To Freeport

Shmokin’ To Freeport

Coffee Klatsch, Cuisine, Stearns, Wobegon TrailJanuary 31, 2023

It’s the town that welcomes you with a smile, and a cinnamon roll at Charlie’s Cafe.

Candles In Memory

Candles In Memory

Cuisine, Memories, StearnsJanuary 22, 2023

All families have secrets. As people get older or pass away, the secrets come to light. Like Grandma Lena’s.

Dairy Queen Delights

Dairy Queen Delights

Coffee Klatsch, Cuisine, Memories, Stearns, Wobegon TrailJanuary 15, 2023

Some things change, some stay the same.

Hat Hair 101

Hat Hair 101

Memories, Oh Ja, Stearns, Wobegon TrailJanuary 8, 2023

I’d forgotten about hat hair.

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We of Wobegon

Lena and Mina were my grandmothers – Stearns County, Minnesota women who grew up and raised families in small towns around the Lake Wobegon Trail. Born in the USA, they spoke German and had German accents. As did my parents, who spoke only German until they went to school. As do some of my cousins, who have never lived anywhere but Stearns County. We’re quirky folks, like those in Garrison Keillor’s fictional Stearns town of Lake Wobegon. I’m Laurie Hilsgen, and if you’re reading this, you might be Wobegonian, too. Let’s celebrate our loony ways. Oh ja!

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Featured Posts

  • Riding the RailsAugust 3, 2023

  • Lake Wobegon Summer RidesMay 28, 2023

  • Listening for the WeatherMarch 23, 2023

  • Poopers & Wiener PlantersMarch 5, 2023

  • On the Bench Where You Said You Were DyingFebruary 28, 2023