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02/12/2024

Hello, Woman Today readers!

The holidays are an enjoyable time of year, but we don’t enjoy what the fast-paced, jam-packed season often does to us.

Stress, fatigue and holiday burnout can hit us at lightning speed as the 12 days of Christmas seem more like the 12 hours of Christmas.

But if we all find a way to slow down this holiday season, we can get through it and maybe even enjoy it a little more. The proven techniques for hitting the brakes are tantalizingly simple to do.

I asked AI for some tips on slowing down the holiday rush and here’s what came back from artificial intelligence:

Set boundaries: Make a list of things you can say no to, delay or delegate. This helps your brain focus on important tasks while also relaxing.
Take time for yourself: Make time for alone time and activities that make you happy.
Practice gratitude: Slow down and be thankful to avoid holiday stress.
Focus on relationships: Spend quality time with loved ones and focus on improving relationships.
Get enough sleep: Limit screen time before bed, practice mindful breathing, and repeat a calming mantra to help you sleep.
Practice self-care: Take a hot bath, meditate, go for a walk or take a nap.
Avoid drinking alcohol: Alcohol can impair thinking, cause mood swings and lower inhibitions.
Create space: Block off time away from devices for rest, walks, meditation, reflection and journaling.
Celebrate slowness: Consider slow meals, slow days of reading, slow mornings or evenings, and slow cooking or cleaning.

OK. Not groundbreaking science, by any means. But AI seems to have some good common sense tips, especially about reading. I agree!

So, while you’re slowing down this holiday season, make sure to check out this month’s The Woman Today.

Here are some of the stories we’re excited to share with you in this issue:
You’ll meet the women behind Mrs. Claus and learn how Santa’s greatest helper makes Bentleyville a magical place this time of year.
Check out how local Northland museums are decking their halls for the holidays.
Learn about how Mona Khalil Nelson kept her passion for art burning until fully unleashing her talents later in life.
Catch up with 80-year-old Bonnie Shea (if you can). The lifelong hockey enthusiast still laces up her skates and plays hard.
Make a winter snow jar to put that finishing touch on your holiday decorating.

Thanks for spending some of your valuable time reading The Woman Today. Your readership is greatly appreciated. Happy holidays!

Rick Lubbers
Executive editor, Duluth Media Group

01/12/2024

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01/11/2024

Hello, Woman Today readers!

Earlier this month, we observed the annual ritual of turning our clocks back an hour with the end of daylight saving time.

How did you spend the extra hour that spring stole from us about eight months ago? I hope you used it wisely. Daylight saving time won’t return until mid-March when we “spring” ahead.

But November is all about “falling back.”

As much as I like getting an extra hour to goof around on an early November Saturday night, it’s a bittersweet tradeoff. There’s more daylight in the morning, but then the sun disappears long before it’s time to trek home from work.

At least that’s the case for most of the country. Residents of Arizona and Hawaii (and folks living in U.S. territories such as Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) don’t have to worry about springing forward or falling back. Their clocks are locked. But the rest of us moved an hour closer to their time when DST ended.

Several states want to “lock the clock” and not go through this business of setting clocks an hour ahead or back twice a year. I suppose times have changed a bit since World War I when daylight saving time was conjured as a way of saving coal. And we can debate how much energy it saves or sleep it deprives until we have to change our clocks again.

But I’ve always enjoyed the oddity of it. The hour that disappears one month and reappears several months later. Maybe I’m easily amused.

For the record, I used my extra hour for Netflix binge-watching.

While you’re adjusting to all that extra darkness, flip on your reading light and check out this month’s The Woman Today.

Here are some of the stories we’re excited to share with you in this issue:
You’ll visit Grumpelstiltskin’s Fiber Mill in Culver, Minnesota, and its owner Kelsey Evans, who processes alpaca, llama and camel fibers that customers send to her from across the country.
Check out the fascinating world of board game miniatures and how artist Elle FireSpray brings those gray figures to life with vivid colors from her brushes and paints.
Learn about the local Nurses Honor Guard and how that group honors nurses who have passed away.
Catch up with the busy dancers from the Minnesota Ballet, who are preparing for another action-filled season of creative dance and artistic interpretation.
DIY new ways to enhance your home decor with gold charger plates.

Thanks for spending some of your time reading The Woman Today. Your readership is greatly appreciated.

Rick Lubbers
Executive editor, Duluth Media Group

06/08/2024

Hello, Woman Today readers!

I’m writing this introduction column for the August/September issue of The Woman Today, just days after celebrating the Fourth of July. But part of my mind is already thinking about the October/November issue!

That’s one of the major differences between newspaper and magazine work. Newspapers usually focus on the immediate — breaking news, what’s happening today and what took place last night. Sure, newspapers have long-term planning involved, but magazine planning spans weeks, months and even seasons with stories that are not as time-sensitive as newspaper articles.

So, while I am busy savoring this sweet summer, I am thinking about the stories we will publish this fall.

Thanks for picking up this issue of The Woman Today. We hope your summer has been going well, and we greatly appreciate you spending a part of this busy time with our magazine. Here are some of the stories we’re excited to share with you in this issue:
You’ll meet Deb DeLuca, a talented leader whose steady hand steers the Duluth Seaway Port Authority.
Valvoline Instant Oil Change service center on Haines Road in Hermantown has several women working in that male-dominated industry. You’ll learn why they chose that profession and how “every single day, there are many positive comments from our guests about the number of women on our team.”
Kimberly Broman is a second grade teacher who is traveling on two global expeditions this summer. Read about those exciting trips and what she hopes to share with her students this fall.
In The Woman Yesterday feature, you’ll read about Amelia “Millie” Baker (1887-1915), an up-and-coming singer whose life was tragically cut short by the sinking of the Lusitania.
Learn how to make a gnome planter!

Thanks for spending some of your time reading The Woman Today. Your readership is greatly appreciated.

Rick Lubbers
Executive editor, Duluth Media Group

07/05/2024

Hello, Woman Today readers!

It’s May already and summer is right on our doorstep. I hope you have some great summer plans in store. I’m looking forward to road trips to other points in the Midwest. Just me, my car, a loaded playlist and the open road.

But before we break out the sunblock and cue up the Beach Boys, let’s revisit March for a little while. The Rosie Awards are a big highlight for us at The Woman Today. It’s our Super Bowl. We greatly enjoyed hosting and handing out the Rosie Awards to several very deserving women who work hard to improve our community in myriad ways.

If you were unable to attend the event in March, no worries. You will meet each of them in this issue of The Woman Today, and learn about the many positive contributions they make in our community.

Here are the 2024 Rosie Award winners you will read about in this issue:
• Chrissy Barnard — Most Engaged Volunteer Award
• Kelly Schamberger — Mentor Award
• Martha Bremer — Trailblazer Award
• Tracie Clanaugh — Leadership Award
• Amanda Jane Cane Spilde — Silent Advocate Award
• Karen Wright — Rosie Award

Thanks for spending some of your very valuable time reading The Woman Today. Your readership and support are greatly appreciated.

Rick Lubbers
Executive Editor, Duluth Media Group

05/04/2024

Hello, Woman Today readers!

The poet T.S. Eliot famously wrote in “The Waste Land” that “April is the cruelest month.” I take a somewhat rosier view of the fourth month of the year.

Even when April can’t make up its mind whether it will be wintry or springlike — sometimes a little of both on the same day! — the cold, dark and bluster of winter are finally waning and giving way to more sun and nature popping back to life after a long winter’s map.

Thanks for picking up this issue of The Woman Today.
While April gives way to true spring, here are some of the stories we’re excited to share with you in this issue:
• You’ll meet quilting guru Helen Smith Stone, who was recently honored as the 2024 Minnesota Quilter of the Year.
• Duluth composer and pianist Wendy Durrwachter was commissioned by the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra to create a modern composition, which had its world premiere in Duluth in November.
• Visit a tucked-away modern cabin near Two Harbors that serves as a retreat for multiple generations of one family.
• Emy DeWitt is at the center of the Twin Ports Interchange reconstruction project as the assistant superintendent for the massive interchange rebuild.
• Learn how to reserve free gardening equipment from the Duluth Community Garden Program.

Thanks for spending some of your time reading The Woman Today. Your readership is greatly appreciated.

Rick Lubbers
Executive Editor, Duluth Media Group

11/03/2024

Hello, Woman Today readers!

How is this El Nino winter treating you?

Are you enjoying the balmy winter after the Snowpocalypse of 2022-23 buried you underneath a record-breaking layer of snow? Or do you miss your Northland snow playdates, whether they come on skis, snowshoes, skates, sleds or snowmobiles?

My snow shovel is enjoying the extra days — and nights — off this winter. Still, no matter how Punxsutawney Phil treats his shadow, seasoned Northlanders know that March often douses an otherwise winter drought with enough wet snow to make up for all of the other “brown” months combined.

While you’re waiting to see how March turns out, thanks for picking up this issue of The Woman Today. Here are some of the stories we’re excited to share with you in this issue:
• You’ll meet Karen Tonnis and Laura Mullen, who, along with their husbands, have helped Bent Paddle carve a unique niche in the craft brewing industry and make meaningful contributions to our community.
• Lucie Amundsen is the driving force behind Locally Laid Egg Company, one of her many ventures that now includes the “The Coop” — an AirB-n-Bawk!
• Find out how Rebecca Brown’s interesting background makes the former outdoor adventure guide well-suited as the new leader of Montessori School of Duluth.
• Learn how to make your own sugar scrubs, with the help of our DIY expert Molly Milroy.
Thanks for spending some of your time reading The Woman Today. Your readership is greatly appreciated.

Rick Lubbers
Executive Editor, Duluth Media Group

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