18 Opening Doors by Gail Trowbridge
Around the lake, bed-and-breakfast innkeepers are finding that they can improve their success by association.
24 Winter, Wings & Water a Photo Feature 
Michigan photographer Scot Stewart thinks winter is a great time for great shooting … as long as he keeps warm.

28 Think Snow? Think GO! by Bob Cary
Minnesota’s Jackpine Bob ponders the marvelous variety of ways that Northlanders get around on the ice and snow.

Special Winter Section
33 Lodging & Restaurant Guide
Don’t just be a sit-at-home when cool weather comes knocking. Peruse this listing for great ideas on where to eat and to stay.

Rooms With a View
51 Frida’s Kitchen by Frida Waara
When Frida Waara’s family and friends aren’t outside recreating, they’re in their kitchen cooking … all of them.

OUR COVER Behind the scenes at every warm and inviting bed-and-breakfast inn are some hard-working business owners. During the holidays, the Olcott House in Duluth, Minnesota, beautifully decks its halls. See page 18. Photo by Bruce Ojard.

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Meet Us)

  5 Letters to the Editor

  6 Around the Circle

  9 On the Shelf

 12 Lake Superior Journal
     John’s Tale of
        Mac and Birdie
     James R. Marshall

 14 Lake Superior’s Own
     Fran Platske
        of the Lighthouse
     Konnie LeMay
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  Supplemental Article

 49 Holiday Foods
     A Boatload of Recipes

 56 Fish Tales
     The Fishing Retriever
     Kevin Strauss

 58 Regional Calendar of
        Events

 60 LSM Holiday
        Gift Guide

 63 Lake Superior
         Marketplace 

 63 Advertiser Index

 64 View•Point
     Here, Moose