Month: August 2005
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Louise Erdrich
Our lady who art in Kenwood seems to have an endless supply of spooky and captivating tales that read like campfire legends. Her Native American characters often have one foot in the modern world and the other in a misty, spirit-populated Indian landscape that is quickly disappearing. The heroines in her latest book are a…
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Subderma: Paintings by Chris Mars
Did Chris Mars live through (or die from?) the Black Plague in a former life? His paintings of ghoulish, skeletal crowds and beseeching wraiths, set in gloomy environments that hark back to medieval villages, seem too vivid to have come purely from the imagination. Cruel and creepy, yet with a visceral beauty, Mars’ storytelling on…
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The Ruin
If you were seeking God, you probably wouldn’t think to look in Inver Grove Heights. The fast-growing St. Paul suburb is a good place to buy a fleet of used Cessnas, or a truckload of corn chips, potash, or mechanical heart valves. At the town’s center stands a massive petroleum refinery—a strange, stippled city of…
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Cabo De Roca, Portugal
Enjoying the most recent issue of the Rake at Cabo De Roca in Portugal, the western most point of continental Europe. “where the land ends and the sea begins” (and people read the Rake). Author(s) and Location: Mark and Deb Skoine
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Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Nick writes: This is my beautiful wife Shelley on our honemoon in Playa Del Carmen, in Mexico. She loves the Rake and not just for the articles. Keep up the great work. Author(s) and Location: Nick Reetz
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Seal Beach, CA
Nora Wilson and her mother Tracy take a break from giving birth (and being born) to read a first bedtime story. Author(s) and Location: Tracy and Nora Wilson