16 Going into the Deep by Tamara Thomsen
There is a world of wonder and of tragedy preserved under Lake Superior for those willing to dive beneath the waves.

23 Go Ahead - It’s Okay to Love Winter
by Paul Lundgren
Here are a few suggestions for how to learn to enjoy - inside and out - our seven months of northland cold and snow.

30 Owls photography by Ken Thommes
Snow brings the big birds down from the Canadian and Arctic north. It’s a great time to be a bird-loving photographer.

35 Homeland for the Holidays by Arlene Coco
There is a place in Duluth, Minnesota, where you can find all the culinary necessities to serve up a family-oriented Buon Natale.

39 Lake Superior Living
   40 Stress-free home decorating by Konnie LeMay
One northern resident shows how easy it is to freshen a home interior each season or to create a holiday atmosphere.
   46 Silent night stroll on Silver Islet by Bill MacDonald
A Thunder Bay author’s guided tour of his small-town memories.

49 Lodgings & Restaurants Guide
Splish-splash: Water Parks & Slides by Konnie LeMay
Where to go to find fun and open water in winter.

OUR COVER It’s easy to love winter when the season creates scenery like this sun-kissed forest near Tahquamenon Falls in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Photo by Steve Brimm.

  3 Letters to the Editor

  3 Masthead (Meet Us)

  4 Editor's Note

  5 Around the Circle

  9 On the Shelf

12 Lake Superior Journal
  Christmases Past in WWII
  James R. Marshall

    LSM Gift Guide

84 Travel
  “Togethering”
  for the Holidays
    Bob Berg
   Events Calendar &
   Regional Tidbits
      Michigan - 85     
      Minnesota - 87
      Ontario - 89
      Wisconsin - 91

92 Lake Superior
   Marketplace 

95 Advertiser Index

96 View•Point
  Winter Warmth
   Peter Eide