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A Sense of Place: The Way of the Irises

July 27, 2017July 12, 2017 Melissa Meyers
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The irises are blooming, purple and regal like they deserve to sit near any throne in a palace. Yet I found them not in a castle but popping up through the Minnesota soil. It’s good earth, I’ve always been told, rich and lush. Black, the color of the night sky, full of nitrogen. Most of […]

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