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Regional Tour: Homestead National Monument, Beatrice, Nebraska

By Michelle DeRusha 1 Comment

Michelle DeRusha visits Homestead National Monument in Nebraska and wonders about the pioneers who came to the west and those who were forced to leave.

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Making Little Free Library No. 25, 001

By Michelle DeRusha 22 Comments

Little Free Library

A new Little Free Library in Michelle DeRusha’s Lincoln, NE, neighborhood brings out the dog-walkers, the amblers, the wanderers and the book lovers.

Filed Under: Books, Libraries, Read for Fun

Regional Tour: North House Folk School, Grand Marais, Minnesota

By Michelle DeRusha 10 Comments

North House Folk School wood shavings

Join Michelle DeRusha in a regional tour to North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota, and learn birch bark weaving and bread baking. Bet you can smell the wood shavings.

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Regional Tours: Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, Denton, Nebraska

By Michelle DeRusha 15 Comments

Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center cone flower

Explore the subtle beauty of the Nebraska prairie in Michelle DeRusha’s literary tour to Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, Denton, Nebraska.

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Literary Tour: International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Lincoln, NE

By Michelle DeRusha 7 Comments

International Quilt Study Center Omaha

Discover the way a quilt can speak to the identity of a person and a community in this tour of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum in Lincoln, NE.

Filed Under: Art Galleries and Exhibits, Blog, Literary Tour

Literary Tour: Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, NE

By Michelle DeRusha 13 Comments

Lauritzen Gardens PitcherP lant

As March roared in like a lion, Michelle DeRusha went searching for verdant life and warmth with a Literary Tour to Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, NE.

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Regional Tours: Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE

By Michelle DeRusha 10 Comments

Tall Grass Prairie

Michelle DeRusha ponders the artist’s power to shape and influence a viewer’s understanding of a particular place or people at Omaha’s Joslyn Art Museum.

Filed Under: Art, Art Galleries and Exhibits, Blog, Regional Tour

Regional Tours: Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln NE

By Michelle DeRusha 13 Comments

Sheldon Museum of Art Lincoln NE 5

Take a literary tour of Lincoln’s Sheldon Museum of Art, from the giant head on the steps to giant torn pages in the breeze and everything in between.

Filed Under: Art, Art Galleries and Exhibits, Blog, Regional Tour

Literary Tour: Willa Cather Childhood Home (Red Cloud, Nebraska)

By Michelle DeRusha 9 Comments

Willa Cather Tweetspeak Poetry Literary Tour Red Cloud Nebraska

On a recent literary tour to Red Cloud, Nebraska, Michelle DeRusha stayed in the room Willa Cather slept in when she was in town, half-hopeful, half-leery Willa’s ghost would visit.

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