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VFL Essay 45: "Cover Your Eyes" by Steve Downing

We claim two lakes now, proprietarily (presumptively): Shoal Lake, six miles north of Grand Rapids, MN (our home), and Doe Lake, 30 miles north of here (the cabin).

Definition of privilege: at work More >>

VFL Essay 44: "Voices Echo" by Nancy Crocker

Grandma Rose and Grandpa Charlie

I come from a fishing family. More >>

VFL Essay 43: "Katherine Lake" by Mark Munger

If you study a map of northeastern Minnesota and follow the thin black fissure that denotes the Cloquet River with your index finger, you’ll cover nearly all of southern St. More >>

VFL Essay 42: "Jet Skiing on Birch Lake" by Kadin White

Gentle turn to the right, gentle turn to the left, steady…..steady…..Go! I gunned it across the lake reaching a high speed of ninety miles per hour on the brilliant blue lake, Birch Lake. More >>

VFL Essay 41: "Her Many Moods" by Mary Shideler

Growing up on the shores of Big Bass Lake, I quickly learned that the lake was my friend, and that she had many moods. More >>