20 Hands-On Learning by Joan Farnam
North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota, teaches about life while teaching traditional northern skills.

28 Artists Under Sail by Konnie LeMay 
Sailing around the edges of Lake Superior inspires a group of artists to create a boatload of art celebrating the Big Lake.

35 The Buoys Are Back by Dave Boe
One sure sign of spring around these parts is when the U.S. Coast Guard starts planting buoys for the shipping season.

Lake Superior Living
41 Life Among Trees by Tom Kovach/Konnie LeMay
Regional experts give advice on when - and what - to plant when inviting a touch of the forest into your backyard.
     Local Cooks by the Books by Hugh E. Bishop
    Ruby-throated Hummingbird by Keith Payne

Superior Golf
56 Keeping Score (Cards) by Konnie LeMay
For some golf enthusiasts, collecting time on the greens is not enough. They trade in golf course scorecards, too.

OUR COVER Renowned photographer Layne Kennedy becomes the subject of the lens during the class he teaches at North House Folk School. Story page 20. Photo by Paul L. Hayden

  1 Huck's Corner

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Meet Us)

  5 Letters to the Editor

  6 Around the Circle

  8 Lake Pride

 10 On the Shelf

 12 Lake Superior Journal
     Rebuilding Bridges
    James R. Marshall

 16 Superior Science
     Mystery of the Rings
    Konnie LeMay

     LSM Gift Guide

 68 Travel
     Events Calendar &
     Regional Tidbits
        Michigan - 68
        Minnesota - 70
        Ontario - 75
        Wisconsin - 77

 79 Lake Superior
     Marketplace 

 79 Advertiser Index

 80 View•Point
     Movin’ On Up
     Randy Jarvis