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Memories

None of it was perfect, but what is?

Crabapple Temptations

Crabapple Temptations

Cuisine, Memories, StearnsSeptember 20, 2022

A flowering crabapple tree is a sight to behold.

Lily Lompkin’s Dippity Dos

Lily Lompkin’s Dippity Dos

Coffee Klatsch, MemoriesSeptember 19, 2022

Back then, I didn’t know I would have my first and only child at 40 and call her Lily.

Doesn’t It Hurt Your Eyes?

Doesn’t It Hurt Your Eyes?

Memories, StearnsSeptember 19, 2022

She was trying not to judge, but her voice gave her away. Sister Paulette Laufer hated my bright blue eyeshadow.

Her Last Word

Her Last Word

Memories, StearnsSeptember 18, 2022

Waiting for someone to die gives you time to think.

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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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