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Indigenous Hoop Dancing Symbolizes the Rhythm of Life

There’s rhythm in the way we live here—the way light moves across the lake, the way stories echo through cabins, gardens, and communities. Our August/September issue hums with that rhythm in stories imbued with meaning, memory, and the quiet beauty of everyday life in Lake Country.

 

This issue features a vibrant profile of traditional Native hoop dancers, a peaceful lakeside cottage, and a young fishing champion making waves across Minnesota waters and beyond. You’ll find morning reflections, sunflower fields in full bloom, Irish logger ballads, and a hops farm brewing up local flavor in Grand Rapids.

 

Don’t miss the luminous poem “Freshet.” Plus, explore the colorful textile art of Kristen Anderson, on display in both Bemidji and Grand Rapids.

 

Here’s to the rhythms that carry us all—and the stories that keep us connected.