Besides Swap-bot, what are 5 websites you visit most often?
- Flickr.com and my page on Flickr
- The Lions Club with which I'm involved.
- Pinterest and my account on Pinterest
- Library
Name 5 places you'd take someone from out of town.
One of the places I would take someone from out of town who was visiting Minnesota is Split Rock Lighthouse in Silver Bay, Minnesota. After being retired in 1969, the lighthouse became the focal point for Split Rock Lighthouse State Park; and is a National Historic Landmark.
Kayaking on July 12, 2014.
The visitor also would be able to see Lake Superior which is a huge lake. The lake is so big that it could contain all the other Great Lakes as well as three more lakes the size of Lake Erie.
Taken on April 15, 2011.
Another place I'd take someone is Lake Itasca. It is a small lake in comparison to Lake Superior. However, it is the headwaters of the Mississippi River and one of the most important natural locations in the state of Minnesota.
Taken on September 5, 2012.
Taken on September 5, 2012.
While touring around the St. Paul area, I would take someone who is visiting from out of town to the Cathedral of Saint Paul which is a National Shrine of the Apostle Paul. A lot of people locally call it St. Paul’s Cathedral. It is one of the most beautiful buildings in the state.
The copper dome of the cathedral makes it one of the most recognizable cathedrals in the United States.
The building, which is an example of Beaux-Arts architecture, is comparable to the great cathedrals of Europe. The cathedral is listed as a landmark on the National Register of Historic Buildings. This is also the cathedral where my father was ordained as a Deacon in September 1990.
One of my favorite places in Minnesota is Grand Marais and the BWCA. I have taken many trips up north with the girls, alone, and once with my parents. It is one of the most beautiful places to visit in Minnesota.
Taken on June 5, 2013
Although a lot of people go up north for fishing and canoeing, we have mostly visited this area to hike and do photography.
Taken on June 6, 2013, at Honeymoon Point in Grand Marias
along the Gunflint Trail.
We also have had fun boating...
Taken on June 4, 2013.
kayaking...
Taken on June 5, 2013.
and horseback riding.
Taken on July 10, 2014.
There are deer, wolves, Canada lynx, bobcats, moose, fox, and black bears that live in the BWCA. One year when we were staying off the Gunflint Trail, we had a young black bear who visited us while we were having dinner. We heard some clamoring going on outside the door of the home we were staying in. The bear had gone through the garbage; and had walked up the steps to another area of the yard.
Taken on July 9, 2014.
A final place I would take visitors to is the Taylors Falls area where Interstate State Park is located. There are large rock formations throughout the park and along the St. Croix River (which separates Minnesota and Wisconsin).
Taken on May 25, 2013.
The formations and deep potholes (25+ feet or more deep) were made by a combination of lava and glacial movement. This rock, pictured below, was one that the park ranger showed us as an example of how rocks could be smoothed through this process.
Name 5 books you've read or would like to read.
I went through my Goodreads account which has a list of books I want to read and books I have read. There are still quite a few books on my list that I would like to read. So, I ordered five books from the library on September 13th:
The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds by Julie Zickefoose
The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A True Story of Resilience and Recovery by Andrew Westoll
The Christmas List by Pete Nelson
Every Day Is a Holiday by George Mahood
The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
Some of the books the local library has on its shelves. Others need to be ordered from libraries throughout Minnesota. I'm excited to read these books over the next month or so.
Name 5 teachers you've had over the years.
Adama Sow - my pottery teacher who I've been learning from since August 2018. He has taught me how to make bowls and mugs on the pottery wheel; and given me guidance when I've needed it with hand-building.
Glazing leaves I found and pressed into clay on September 12, 2019.
I glazed each of the leaves a different color to see
which ones showed the veins of the leaves the best.
Chaiki O'Brien - who teaches SAORI weaving. I've taken multiple classes from Chaiki which I've enjoyed. She is a patient and encouraging teacher.
SAORI weaving I did on May 12, 2018.
Eileen Gavin - my all-time favorite professor when I went to college. She understood that not all students are good test-takers and created alternative ways to test students' knowledge.
She gave me the opportunity to show my knowledge through my strength at the time: research papers. These were much more meaningful for me and I was able to share what I had learned through writing rather than showing what I could memorize.
Jonis Agee - a creative writing professor who I had in college. She pushed me to explore different forms of creative expression including short stories and poetry. I knew I had done a good job with one of my creative writing stories when I had many of the students crying. It showed me the power of words; and how they can take someone to another place and time in their imagination by listening to a story.
Sr. Eleanor Lincoln - one of my English professors in college. She told me when I was a freshman that my writing was not college-level writing and that I needed to use the Writing Center. Reluctantly, I went so I could learn to write and express what I was learning.
By junior year, I was an student-instructor in the Writing Center and writing for the school paper; and by senior year, I did an independent study with St. Eleanor about Shakespeare. My final project was a research paper on which I earned an "A." My writing, she said, "had greatly improved" during my college years.
I am so grateful for her honesty and encouragement during my freshman year. Because of her, much of my professional career was related to writing. I wrote countless proposals seeking funding for non-profit organizations in North Carolina, California, and Minnesota.
I was able to start my own non-profit because I was able to secure funding.
Through all these organizations, artists, educators, composers, high school students, and children all were served.
List 5 words that start with the same letter as your First Name.
Alpaca
Taken on May 17, 2007.
Archeology
Taken on June 9, 2012.
Autumn
Olivia raking leaves on October 14, 2007.
She was 4 years old.
Artistic
Sculpture at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesen West.
Taken on July 7, 2017.
Looking at an x-ray of my neck injury after a car accident in November 2018
with my chiropractor. Taken on December 7, 2018.
1 comment:
I love all those places you listed. When I would go to Grand Maris I would always go to Sven and Ole's Pizza.
I have had teachers who really effected my path, too. (Also, in writing.) And had an experience in seventh grade reading a creative story out loud that made people cry! It really blew me away, too. :)
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