A Fairytale Weekend in Big South Fork: Creek Camping, Twin Arches, and a Mama Bear in the Road

Some trips give you a nice view. This one gave me a fox, two turkeys, a flock of rogue chickens, a night by a creek with not another soul in sight, one of the largest natural arches east of the Mississippi, and, just when I thought the trip couldn't hand me anything else, a mother bear and her cub strolling across the road like they owned it. Because, honestly, they do.

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Friends of the Mississippi River - 25th Anniversary

When I have out of town friends or family visiting, one of the first places I take them is to the best spot to view the Mississippi River and the Stone Arch Bridge, at the Guthrie. A river which divides two Sister Cities, a visualization of how different the two worlds on either side of that continually changing body of water truly are.

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The Starving Musician: Part 1

How are musicians, who are only trained to play music and take auditions, expected to have a career outside of playing in an orchestra?

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