Welcome to the November 2024 Issue

Welcome to the November 2024 Issue

Readers, I am excited to welcome you to our table this month, where we are celebrating our annual food and entertaining issue. In these pages, I hope you feel inspired to take a bite of something new—figuratively or literally. Now, as I began to plan this issue and...
This is Our Trail!

This is Our Trail!

“… Running through our backyard is a creek that flows west from Battle Creek Lake to the Mississippi River,” says hobbyist photographer Steve Porter. Porter fills his backyard bird feeders three times a week all year round and is always sure to bring his camera...
Fun at Woodbury Days 2024

Fun at Woodbury Days 2024

Our community gathered together at Woodbury Days celebration this last August 23–25. The annual weekend-long event includes the Grande Parade, Taste of Woodbury, entertainment and demonstrations, a carnival, business fair, live music, fireworks and more. Woodbury...
Egret Formation

Egret Formation

An amateur photographer captures the great migration. “My wife Sara and I walk our two dogs Opie and Sammie every afternoon,” Jorg Lueke says. “That day, I heard the calls of the egrets, looked up and saw them flying in formation and took the photo. The white of the...
A Historical Read

A Historical Read

This month, I’m tackling a novel that has long been on my list: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Marie-Laure, a young girl living in Paris with her father, loses her sight at the age of 6. Her father, who works at the Museum of Natural History, builds a...

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