Yesterday, I heard from the head librarian at Devil's Lake, North Dakota. I remember that strange lake well from a previous visit. The water level on this deep lake rises and falls dramatically, for no discernible reason. It isn't connected to heavy rain. In the last few years, there has been the threat of flooding. There are few buildings at the edge of Devil's Lake, no point in trying to build when the waters come to tear down.
A librarian from Ashland, Wisconsin wrote and we found out that she is a constituent of my brother, Rev. Carl Doersch, who sits on the city council. Ashland is situated on the shore of Chequamagon Bay in Lake Superior. It's a beautiful, progressive city with murals painted on walls all over town by the art students at Northland College. Nearby Washburn and Bayfield have artists' colonies. The Apostle Island National Park lies across the waters. I haven't been there....yet.
Each e-mail reminds me of the dramatic geography and personalities in this nation. Indeed, One World, Many Stories.
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