Category: Lake Ecology
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Value of Lakeside Living: Protecting Your Investment
In Detroit Lakes, the value of houses on the lake are on average 10 times more expensive than houses a block away from the city beach in town. In a hotel, rooms with an ocean view are more expensive than a non-ocean view. Why? People want to be near water…
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Age is just a number, right?
It’s a fact of life – we’re aging. Time is moving forward each day. But age is just a number, right? How we live each day affects our health and longevity. What we eat, how active we are, and the quality of our relationships with others affects how quickly our…
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Anticipating Fall Turnover
It’s still mid-August, but there’s change in the air. My daughter started high school soccer practice this week and we’re going school shopping next week. She’s talking about pumpkin spice lattes, is playing her fall music playlist, and is excited for high school football games. There’s a sugar maple tree…
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The Power of Community
Last year a friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer. Our group of friends immediately mobilized to action. Those of us with sons the same age as her son arranged play dates and basement Nintendo tournaments. Those of us with daughters the same age as her daughter helped with shopping…
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Just Breathe
Breath in, Breath out. It’s what sustains life; it’s what calms us. I’ve started doing a short meditation each morning with the Mindfulness App, and I’ve really enjoyed it. Just making the time for ourselves and our mental health is so important in this chaotic world. It’s so interesting how…
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Generational Memory
I’ve been working on building my family tree. I did both the Ancestry website and the DNA test to learn about the generations before me. All my relatives from the past three generations emigrated to the United States from Ireland or Germany in the mid-1800s. There’s also a sliver of…