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Wobegon Trail

Rediscovering small town Minnesota.

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.

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.

A Commotion of Coots

A Commotion of Coots

Cuisine, Wobegon TrailNovember 3, 2022

Lake Osakis wore a black vail of birdlife – a coating of coots.

Wobegon’s Fairy Crosses

Wobegon’s Fairy Crosses

Stearns, Wobegon TrailOctober 8, 2022

How is it that I never knew about fairy crosses, even though you can find them on the banks of the Blanchard Dam?

Deer Flies & Their Ways

Deer Flies & Their Ways

Memories, Oh Ja, Wobegon TrailSeptember 26, 2022

We pay good money to watch horror movies, when all we have to do is step outside.

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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

  • Listening for the WeatherMarch 3, 2023

  • Team PickleFebruary 7, 2023

  • Shmokin’ To FreeportJanuary 31, 2023

  • Poopers & Wiener PlantersJanuary 27, 2023

  • Candles In MemoryJanuary 22, 2023