Reader Weekly

30/11/2025

Ryan and Jesse Demody in what will be their recording studio on their northwoods homesteads. Photo by Jim Lundstrom. On a quiet stretch of Peary Road, far from traffic, neighbors and anything ...

16/11/2025

Democrats have MAGA,MAHA,MAWF and Trumplicans to fight My favorite analyst of things religious and political is Finton O’Toole who uses plain English, curses, temper and knowledge to make a ...

09/11/2025

Proud members of Ordean East Climate Club with Duluth Public Schools Superintendent John Magas. The pursuit for solar in the ISD709 school district began in 2018. The idea emerged from a group of ...

07/11/2025

Art openings today in Duluth, Silver Bay, Grand Marais, Grand Rapids and Cook.

Landscape photographer Ryan Tischer hosts a book release party Friday at Tischer Gallery in Duluth. 210 Gallery & Art Center210 Commercial Ave., Sandstone, Minn.Gallery open Sat. & Sun ...

02/11/2025

Photo from toddeckart.myportfolio.com. “This world is only gonna break your heart”Chris Isaak, “Wicked Game,” 1989 The Northland was shocked to learn that on Oct. 22 ...

26/10/2025

Banding birds like this saw-whet owl has provided scientists with a wealth of information over the decades. Photo by Emily Stone. “Just hold her like this,” Kurt told me. So I carefully ...

12/10/2025

The 1915 American Prohibition flag, promoted under the slogan “A Stainless Flag over a Saloonless Nation.” Bet you thought it was something else. Donald Trump has a lot of damn gall ...

05/10/2025

Dylan Johnson After traveling out east for nine days and missing way too many fabulous Northland music events (including a second opportunity to revel in Squash Fest!), I attempted to make up for ...

28/09/2025

Some years ago, while I was working in the mental health field as a crisis counselor and psychiatric social worker, I started volunteering as a mental skills trainer for athletes in high school and ...

27/09/2025

Our own cartoonist gets brutal in frame 3. Harsh, Richard.

19/09/2025

Art events
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14/09/2025

https://duluthreader.com/articles/2025/09/11/132398-shades-of-rot-and-life

Author’s Note: This essay is a chapter from Emily’s third book, Natural Connections3: A Web Endlessly Woven, which will arrive in November 2025! In the dim light, under the thick ...