'Mortality' tagged posts

Melting Legacies

LightGramsAugust 28, 2025Volume 29, Number 27 A 60-year-old tradition was kept alive last week at the Minnesota State Fair. Malorie Thorson sat inside a glassed-in studio as Gerry Kulzer sculpted her likeness from the shoulders up. She wore a coat as the temperature was only 40 degrees inside. Outside it was double that temperature, but…

Make It Stop NOW!

LightGrams October 22, 2020 Volume 24, Number 38 I remember going to carnivals in my growing-up years. I rode some of the classic rides: the Tilt-A-Whirl, Rock-O-Plane, Ferris Wheel, and others, and was thrilled on them – for a time. My limit was reached fairly soon, though, and I would think, “How much longer? Why…