Nov/Dec 1997

Features

Cover Story

22Gifts That Keep On Giving
Kathy Gaalswyk and the Central Minnesota Initiative Foundation
By Meg Douglas

Gallery

27Clay Artist Cris Smith
By Pete Weizenegger

Lifestyle

30Alternative Travel
By Jan Kurtz

Homes

33Reflections of Cape Cod in Minnesota
By Joan Wiesner

Interview

36Ballet Impresario Carlos Stroia
By Clare Thompson

Fiction

40A Fish Tale
By Tom Kovach

Departments

2Editor’s Journal
4Letters
6Etceteras

Profiles

10Darlene Blazina
11Greg Nolan

Fable

12The Llama and the Ostrich

Minnesota Musings

14Deck the Halls

Essay

16Lake Addiction

Reflections

18Specters of Dickens!

Ask In-Fisherman

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Outdoor Almanac

21Portable Ice-Fishing Houses

Kidz' Page

42Illustrate Your Favorite Book

Family Fun

44Gingerbread Houses

Poems

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Recreation

46Winter Camping
46Sleigh Rides

Health is Wealth

48Tips for Eating Well

Reviews

Books
49Minnesota Christmas Anthology
49Twenty Poets Celebrate Lake Country
Videos
50The Bishop’s Wife
50An Affair to Remember
Restaurant
52Manhattan Beach Lodge

53Holiday Gift Guide
68Calendar

Our Towns

72Palisade