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Curio
It’s said that in winter, the waters of Wisconsin lakes get so cold that the fish grow fur to stay warm. In Wisconsin folklore, the fur-bearing fish lives alongside more well-known fanciful creatures like the Hodag, the Wendigo, and Bigfoot. Tales of
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Letters
I read Matt Blessing’s wonderful story about Hal Bradley, from the Winter 2023 issue, with delight. I met Hal Bradley at the Sierra Club headquarters in 1964, where I had spent the day reading an as-yet unpublished manuscript [about the Hetch Hetchy
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The NAMING
Every season, my family—two brothers, two sisters, Mom, and me—climbed into Uncle Tommy’s Ford and rode north for three hours, mostly in silence. We were heading from Milwaukee to Wisconsin Rapids for the Potawatomi Drum Dance ceremony. Sitting still

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