Join me for a little lunch. Or something. Sometimes.
We listened to the rustle of grasses, the leaves in the trees, the distant traffic. But after a few days I realised there was no birdsong.
You’d be crazy to cross Mr Smith’s garden. But one night I had to.
Collinwood, home to the Collins family, features gothic architecture and many candles in Dark Shadows Blue.
Minnesotans understand a funnel cloud, a menacing sky, the gusts of wind that mean business.
Stearns County and the whole of Minnesota are a hunting ground for vintage items and antiques.
We live in media-rich times, but streaming services don’t compare to summer nights at the 10-Hi.
Meh to the stiletto.
She was trying not to judge, but her voice gave her away. Sister Paulette Laufer hated my bright blue eyeshadow.
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!
