In the Creative Spirit. A poetry prompt for January.
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[People]
In past years, Jarrod Peterson has taken the win in the Best Real Estate Agent category in Maple Grove Magazine’s annual readers’ survey. That sentiment has also been echoed by Mpls/St. Paul & Twin Cities Business magazines.
Lauri Miller is a resident and First Lego League team mom. Her husband Jeremy is the coach, and they have two sons on the team, along with six other members they’ve met through friends and school.
[Garden]
Two decades ago, LeRoy and Barb Dahlberg’s sprawling backyard was home to a few lonely trees, a makeshift baseball diamond and an endless stream of their kids’ neighborhood friends.
Modern technology means more multitasking—listening to music, texting, surfing the web—all tasks that can lower awareness of what’s going on around you.
[Arts]
Megan Bearce, a Maple Grove resident and member of the Women of Words writing group, is the author of Super Commuter Couples: Staying Together When a Job Keeps You Apart.
[People]
WCCO-TV anchor Kim Johnson knew what she wanted to do with her life from the time she sat her Barbie dolls behind news desks. In this she was influenced by her mother who adhered to a strict schedule of watching TV news during family dinners. “At the time I kind of hated it,” admits Johnson.
As students begin to approach their high school years, a common question that will be heard over and over is “What college do you want to go to?” Not only do these young people have to decide where they want to go and what they want to major in, they also have to figure out a way to pay for this
Elizabeth (Ibby) Gilmore was named 2015 Minnesota Adult Basic Education (ABE) Teacher of the Year by the Literacy Action Network. She taught for 33 years in the Osseo Area School District before transitioning to become an ABE math teacher for the past 15 years.
[Arts]
Pipe organ work is not a particularly visible profession these days. Maple Grove resident and organ restoration expert David Engen attributes this to the fact that nowadays, organ repair and restoration is done almost exclusively within churches and colleges and not in private homes.
