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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.

Crabapple Temptations

Crabapple Temptations

Cuisine, Memories, StearnsSeptember 20, 2022

A flowering crabapple tree is a sight to behold.

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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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