Voices for the Land

by Peterson, Brian; Gruchow, Paul; Brandenburg, Jim; Peterson, Brian; Minnesota Historical Society

• ISBN13: 9780873514316
• ISBN10: 0873514319
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Pr

Summary

In this extraordinary tribute to the importance of the ordinary places in our lives, fifty-two Minnesotans write about the special, sometimes secret, places that give their lives meaning. For some it is their home or cabin or lake. For others, it's a family farm or neighbourhood park, a backyard garden or north woods trail: all places where we find a personal and spiritual connection to the land. VOICES FOR THE LAND explores this complex relationship by linking these personal essays with striking images captured by award-winning photographer Brian Peterson. This marriage of words, images, and landscape provides a powerful reminder of our deep and abiding connection to the land. The writers share the experience of these favourite places through their senses, from the aching tingle of a cold winter night and the sound of ice 'singing' to the buzz of mosquitoes and the acrid smell of burning peat. The Voices for the Land project, organised by the non-profit group 1000 Friends of Minnesota, encouraged Minnesotans to write about the land they love and to fight for its preservation. The Minneapolis Star Tribune published a selection of these essays, paired with Brian Peterson's photos, in an award-winning series. VOICES FOR THE LAND brings these essays and photos together in book form for the first time.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vi
Paul Gruchow
Foreword	vii
Jim Brandenburg
Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction	ix
Brian Peterson
Winter
The Cathedral	4	(2)
Michael Forbes
Circles and Mounds	6	(2)
Tom Patterson
A Place in the City	8	(2)
Yujung Hu
Trespass	10	(2)
Elizabeth Weir
Sauna Moments	12	(2)
Judy Henderson
Ice Magic	14	(2)
Molly Dworsky
The Bog	16	(2)
Carla Hagen
Winter on Lake Calhoun	18	(2)
Carol Dines
The Dirt Road	20	(2)
Jeri Niedenfuer
Powderhorn Park	22	(2)
Elspeth Kate Ronnander
Holy Land	24	(2)
Karen Schlenker
Park Point	26	(2)
Lisa Brecht
Heart in the Hill	28	(2)
Mary Woodford
The Day's Last Glow	30	(2)
Lacy Belden
Tamarack Bog	32	(2)
Larry Schug
Wood Lake in Winter	34	(4)
Gustave Axelson
Spring
Meditations	38	(2)
Joan Jarvis Ellison
Pigeon River	40	(2)
Joanne Hart
Helen Allison Savanna	42	(2)
Don Kaddatz
God's Own Hymn	44	(2)
Eleva Potter
``Lots for Sale, with Lake View''	46	(2)
Jean Sramek
Cedar Avenue	48	(2)
Jan Petrovich
First Love	50	(2)
Newell Searle
Picnic Highway	52	(2)
Lora Polack Oberle
Another Minnesota	54	(2)
Mark Vinz
The Horizons of Reverend Cliff	56	(2)
Forrest Johnson
My Aunt's Farm	58	(2)
Brian Cornelius
Paradise	60	(4)
Lewann Sotnak
Summer
Tower Hill	64	(2)
John Holmquist
Camping Memories	66	(2)
Thuy Nguyen
Urban Wildlife	68	(2)
Margaret Miles
Mother Earth	70	(2)
Catherine Doege
Big Woods Restoration	72	(2)
Lawrence Morgan
This Ground I Love	74	(2)
Jane L. Toleno
Love With a Root System	76	(2)
Becca Brin Manlove
The Big Tree	78	(2)
Lynn Lokken
The Farm	80	(2)
Kayleen Larson
Hiawatha Oaks Preserve	82	(2)
Patricia Isaak
My Lost Paradise	84	(2)
Mai Nguyen Haselman
In Passing	86	(4)
Peter Pierson
Fall
One of the Last	90	(2)
Jessyca Duerr
Rasmussen Woods	92	(2)
Micaela Brown
The Island of Pheasants on the West Eighty	94	(2)
Bill Holm
City Rituals	96	(2)
Greta Cunningham
Buffalo Ridge	98	(2)
Howard Schaap
A Remembrance	100	(2)
Rosemary Ruffenach
Sacred Ground	102	(2)
Reuben Dunder
Deer Stand	104	(2)
Andy Rotchadl
Near Winter	106	(2)
Al Paulson
Rocks and Roses	108	(2)
Katharine Johnson
Riverview Cemetery	110	(2)
Joan P. Pasiuk
The West Bank	112	(2)
Gil Quaal
Locations Described in the Essays	114	(2)
Index to Authors	116