18 Of Jam & Monks & Other Things by Cyndi Perkins 
Sweet treats from the Jampot Bakery aren't the only gifts
from Holy Transfiguration Skete in Michigan's Keweenaw.

24 A Pigeon River New Year's by Howard Sivertson
What did the voyageurs do when the rivers froze? Kept
working … and sometimes enjoyed a wee dram or two.

26 Voices of the Cedarby Jon Magnuson
Gnarled, tenacious, long-lived and beautiful - descriptions of
white cedar sometimes apply to the people living with them.

31 Winter by Jay a Photo Feature
Duluth, Minnesota, photographer Jay Steinke finds a quiet
side to winter that adds another layer to the season.

36 Surfin' the Big Lakeby Gregory P. Isaacson
Who says the only good waves are made of salt water? Lots
of surfers are getting stoked by riding fresh-water breakers.

Special Winter Living Section
41 Meeting a New Millennium by Hugh E. Bishop
A Minnesota Power experimental home will help to make
northern living a little warmer in winter and a lot less expensive.

 

OUR COVER Duluth, Minnesota, artist Teresa Cox Kolar often uses cedars in her work, like here in "Creation Celebration." "Voices of the Cedar" (page 26) reflects how nature speaks to us and we sometimes answer.

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Meet Us)

  5 Letters to the Editor

  6 Around the Circle

 12 Lake Superior Journal
     Bayfield's Maritime 
        Museum
     James R. Marshall

 50 Holiday Books & Gifts

 56 Wild Superior
     The Elusive 
        Canada Lynx

 58 Humor
     The Wood Stove War
     Janett L. Grady

 61 Regional Calendar of
        Events

 66 Advertiser Index

 67 Lake Superior
         Marketplace 

 68 View•Point
     A New Year of Moons