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Jannet L. Walsh
September 1, 2022
Murdock, Minnesota

Greetings from Dublin Township, Swift County, Minnesota USA!

Summer is almost over, and fall is fast approaching approaching, arriving September 22, 2022, here in the Northern Hemisphere. This blog is short, with a few highlights from this summer. I’ve include links to blogs and stories at the bottom of page of highlights from this summer.

Public speaking event, July 14, 2022

Upcoming Minnesota public event, July 14, 2022 – Speaking, in person, Swift County Historical Society, Benson, Minnesota – If you are in Minnesota, please join me at the Swift County Historical Society, Benson, Minnesota. I will be the guest speaker at the Brown Bag Lunch, Thursday, July 14, 2022, at noon to 1 p.m., admission free. Bring your own lunch if you desire, and enjoy the company of others in attendance.

Local journalism, newspapers soul of community

The weekly newspapers in rural towns across America are the storytellers of local communities. They are a source of news found in no other location, and might not be published online.

The Kerkhoven Banner, established in 1896, is a weekly print only publication serving the communities of Kerkhoven, Murdock, Sunburg, and Pennock, Minnesota. Their staff first wrote about the early settlers in Swift County in the late 1800s traveling by horse and cart to report the news. It’s now 126 years of continued serve in the rural central Minnesota agricultural region, and the stories keep being reported.

June 2022 highlights, upcoming speaking event in July announced

I am sending out a summary of my blogs and other items related to my book for the month of June 2022.  If you missed something, here’s a few items below.

Isle Royale National Park 2021

By Jannet L. WalshSept. 22, 2021Murdock, Minnesota Greetings! I’m just back from the Good Place, or Minong, located in the middle of Lake Superior. Just off the North Shore of Lake Superior near Grand Portage, Minnesota, not far from the Canadian border, there’s an island humans have been visiting for about the last 4,500 years.Continue reading “Isle Royale National Park 2021”

Be the family storyteller, Seanchaí

By Jannet L. Walsh, Murdock, Minnesota – Curiosity and the luck of the Irish are absolutes when setting out to explore your ancestor’s origins.

Jannet L. Walsh writes book on Minnesota and Irish Family History

Jannet L. Walsh Murdock, Minnesota – I’m excited to announce my forthcoming book, a creative nonfiction quest narrative Higgledy-Piggledy Stones: Family Stories from Ireland and Minnesota about my Minnesota and Irish heritage. Scheduled publication is 2022 by Shanti Arts Publishing, of Brunswick, Maine, a specialized press publisher of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction.

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