Jul/Aug 1997

Features

Homes

20McQuinn's Frank Lloyd Wright Style Home
By Jean Borkenhagen

Gardening

24Cottage Gardens
By Janice Bradshaw

Northern Niche

26What Can Be Made of Sticks, Stones, and Bones?
By Paula West, Rebecca Flansburg, Jean Borkenhagen

Profile

28Violin Maker Arnie Anderson
By Jim Youngman

Gallery

31Wooden Birds Take Flight
By Jim Clark

Recreation

34Scuba Diving in Crosby-Ironton's Mine Pits
By Todd Matthies

Special Feature

36Special Pull-Out Loon Poster
Fun Facts to Know and Tell
By Bill Marchel

Nature

38Minneosota's Crown Jewels
By Steve Anderson

Nature

40The Other Face of Leech Lake
By Gary Payne

Interview

42Robert Bly
On the Poet's Role in Society
By Charmaine P. Donovan

Interview

43"First Impressions and an Afterthought"
By J.D. Wiesner

Departments

2Editor's Journal
4Letters
6Etceteras: News, Tales, Tangents, and Stuff that Doesn't Fit Anywhere Else

Fable

10"The Mute Mallard"

Outdoor Almanac

11Bat Houses

Minnesota Musings

12

Essay

14Summers Remembered

Ask In-Fisherman

16

Health

17Just 12 Minutes!

Reflections

18Attitude

Kidz' Page

44Fishing

Poems

47Farm Storm
57Manganese
61Comet over Mirage Lake

Reviews

Books
63North Writers II
Videos
64Mask
64Jazz Singer
Restaurant
67Headquarters Lodge

66Reader Service Information
68Calendar of Events

Our Towns

72Hewitt