Daily Archives: March 27, 2015

Reading about Mary Sutter

Posted on March 27, 2015 by forstegrupp

When I was visiting friends in Decorah, I spied Robin Oliveira’s novel My Name is Mary Sutter on a coffee table. I had finished already the YA novel Flora and Ulysses by Kate Di Camillo, which is a delightful magical … Continue reading →

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Traveling Through the Iron Country

Posted on March 27, 2015 by forstegrupp

 This past Monday and Tuesday, I drove back and forth from Minneapolis to Decorah, which is a small town of about 8,000 people in northern Iowa. The night before the drive, a winter storm dropped several inches on snow. Driving on … Continue reading →

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