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Ken Jackson
Duluth, MN
An avid outdoors man. Retired and retiring, living on the shore of Lake Superior
22,412 words in 79 moments in 12 cities since March 26th, 2014
Most Popular Stories by Ken
walk, Lake Superior, Winter
Yesterday Lake Superior bore some 11,500 folks on her shoulders to Mawikwe Caves.
Bayfield — Some winters, with severe temperatures cold enough, freeze a path on the surface Lake Superior to the ice filled sandstone caves of Mawikwe Bay. Yesterday 11,500 people gathered family and friends to...
Winter
Cure for Cabin Fever
Duluth — I share this trail report I submitted to the Skinny Ski Trail site used by Cross Country Skiers in the upper Great Lakes Region. Very satisfying! Nice snow base and even a trail groomed and classic ...
language
Like, I'm in Theater 7!
Duluth — I am at Vitta Pizza sitting next to three young people, like college age, who are … like … talking using lots and lots and lots ‘likes’. They used at least one each clause or sentence. More inter...
All Stories by Ken
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Song or Screed?
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The Doctor recommends I start drinking!
in Duluth -
Seed catalogues, the playboy magazine of the mature years
in Duluth -
garden, Winter
Snow Shovels and Nasturtium
in Duluth -
minnesota, Humor, environment
A surreptitious pee?
in Duluth -
A November gale warning is posted!
in Duluth -
Lessor Household Feasts and Celebrations #1: Fall-Back Day
in Duluth -
gardening, spring, minnesota
Ah, tomatoes!
in Duluth -
music, Festival
A Big Loud Festival
in Superior -
Clocks, time, Humour
Double or Nothing
in Duluth -
language
Like, I'm in Theater 7!
in Duluth -
walk, Lake Superior, Winter
Yesterday Lake Superior bore some 11,500 folks on her shoulders to Mawikwe Caves.
in Bayfield -
birthday, Humor
Yeh! Ken turns two!
in Duluth -
Winter, Food, Cold
Beginning a -17° winter day.
in Duluth -
Winter, Chores, clothes
Cold Weather Laundry - Mind the Ice!
in Duluth -
Food, Cooking
A winter stew.
in Duluth -
Winter, Family, On a walk
Amazing Grace
in Duluth -
Winter, nature
The winter peace of Lake Superior
in Tofte -
Climate, nature, Winter
Despite the ice in Minnesota, no! there are no fairies!
in Duluth -
Winter
Cure for Cabin Fever
in Duluth -
Winter, nature
January 1, 2015
in Duluth -
Christmas, stories
The Fourth Day of Christmas
in Cloquet -
Humor, Christmas
The Traditional Winged-Piglets of the Nativity
in Duluth -
nature, Celebration, Dawn
The Dawn of Thanksgiving
in Duluth -
Travel, airlines
Air Travel
in Romulus -
egalitarianism, Architecture
Summer Home of the Governor of Michigan
in Duluth -
Bridges, night
The Mighty Mac
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Food, Cooking, Autumn
Lone Quart?
in Duluth -
nature, seasons
Seduction
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Today's Sunrise, Autumn, nature
The Next Sunrise Could Kill!
in Duluth -
nature, Humor
The Gooser
in Duluth -
seasons, nature, garden
Look for a good place to spend the winter.
in Duluth -
Beer, Food, Family
Golden IPA Beer Jelly
in Duluth -
Weather, storm
Ditch the schedule, a show!
in Duluth -
nature, Art, Ojibwe
A Thin Place
in Ely -
Art, music, wisdom
Remembering Jean Redpath
in Duluth -
Plants, flowers, nature
They neither reap nor sow
in Two Harbors -
nature, summer
This day is a teenager trying to flirt!
in Duluth -
... And love Creation's final lawTho' Nature, red in tooth and claw ...
in Two Harbors -
Around the house, Plants
Returned from where plants go to die!
in Duluth -
Fashon, Weather
The old Blues
in Duluth -
nature, Melancholy, blues
Cure for the season changing?
in Duluth -
nature, summer
We are not lords of the universe but components of it.
in Duluth -
Friends, Family, wisdom
Help! A Muse Needed.
in Duluth
All moments from Ken
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Song or Screed?
Duluth, United States -
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The Doctor recommends I start drinking!
Duluth, United States -
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Seed catalogues, the playboy magazine of the mature years
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God knows!
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Snow Shovels and Nasturtium
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A surreptitious pee?
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A November gale warning is posted!
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Lessor Household Feasts and Celebrations #1: Fall-Back Day
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Ah, tomatoes!
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A Big Loud Festival
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Double or Nothing
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Like, I'm in Theater 7!
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Winter's Breaking Up
Two Harbors, United States -
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Yesterday Lake Superior bore some 11,500 folks on her shoulders to Mawikwe Caves.
Bayfield, United States -
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Yeh! Ken turns two!
Duluth, United States -
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Beginning a -17° winter day.
Duluth, United States -
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Cold Weather Laundry - Mind the Ice!
Duluth, United States -
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A winter stew.
Duluth, United States -
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Amazing Grace
Duluth, United States -
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The winter peace of Lake Superior
Tofte, United States -
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Despite the ice in Minnesota, no! there are no fairies!
Duluth, United States -
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Cure for Cabin Fever
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January 1, 2015
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The Fourth Day of Christmas
Cloquet, United States -
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Help! A Thicket!
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The Traditional Winged-Piglets of the Nativity
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The Dawn of Thanksgiving
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Air Travel
Romulus, United States -
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Summer Home of the Governor of Michigan
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The Mighty Mac
Mackinaw City, United States -
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Summer Packs It In
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Lone Quart?
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Seduction
Tamarack, United States -
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Dawn of Summer's Last Day
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The Next Sunrise Could Kill!
Duluth, United States -
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The Gooser
Duluth, United States -
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Look for a good place to spend the winter.
Duluth, United States -
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Golden IPA Beer Jelly
Duluth, United States -
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Ditch the schedule, a show!
Duluth, United States -
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Remembering Jean Redpath
Duluth, United States -
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A Thin Place
Ely, United States -
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This day is a teenager trying to flirt!
Duluth, United States -
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... And love Creation's final lawTho' Nature, red in tooth and claw ...
Two Harbors, United States -
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They neither reap nor sow
Two Harbors, United States -
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The old Blues
Duluth, United States -
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Returned from where plants go to die!
Duluth, United States -
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Cure for the season changing?
Duluth, United States -
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We are not lords of the universe but components of it.
Duluth, United States -
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Help! A Muse Needed.
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Home of The Goose Chaser
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Antidote to the January/Winter Blues!
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Great weather for bike ride; and the roses are blooming!
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Flies in the Rose Garden
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Black Wine
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The Grace of Showing Up
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Good God!
Duluth, United States -
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I'm far more the gatherer than the hunter.
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Aliens on the Island!!!
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What's it like to awake some morning and realize you can no longer fly?
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Stopped by surprised delight!
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This June? Certainly a florist's cooler!
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A frustrating: Not Yet!!
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As I drank my first morning coffee, the sky turn red so I pulled on my clothes and boots.
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Another dud!
Blackduck, United States -
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A Promise made in Spring
Duluth, United States -
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I love that the sunrise pauses
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A Spring treat: some rhubarb and a cup of lard!
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Our fathers' magic carpet made of steel
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Cop a rose in honor of Fran and Aunt Rose.
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Let it grow; let it grow; let it grow. The weather outside's delightful!
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I'm searching for the Spring Beauty (claytonia virginica) a spring wild flower.
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Purple versus Emerald Green: Repeat after me "Grasshopper, grasshopper go to hell!"
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From 'Walleye Wars' to 'Taconite Troubles' and 'Copper Quarrels'
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Truly we've broken the back of Winter at the western end of Lake Superior.
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Copper, nickel, platinum, silver and titanium: Another Faustian bargain with the Devil for the wild beauty and health of Minnesota?
Grand Marais, United States -
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No porta-potties this year; a sign we have renounced our foolishness and nature has healed?
Duluth, United States -
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Gale warning: "LAKE ICE EMBEDDED WITHIN WAVES COULD RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR VESSELS ON WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR."
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Waiting for my ships to come in.
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"In about 30 years, if we humans continue with our negligence, an ounce of drinking water will cost the same as an ounce of gold."
Duluth, United States
