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We all tell stories. It is what we do. We make sense of the world around us by talking about our lives: the good and the bad, the strange, the funny, the sad and anything in between.

Here are a few collected stories from people talking about life as they know it.


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James Brown grew up in the Twin Cities during the 1930s and 40s. He lived in a racially mixed neighborhood - but the mixing only went so far.
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Rashid Mursal was born in Somalia, but later found himself at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. He was new to the country and had to learn a few things.
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Eric Bergeson grew up on a farm and remembers the day a construction crew unearthed a human skull in front of his family's house.
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David Lavelle was an army medic who spent a year in Iraq. Here is his account of a roadside incident involving a walrus mustache and a big kiss on the lips.
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Duluth resident Charles Stalling remembers some hard lessons about racism during World War II.
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Bill Berg knows animals. He lives in northern Minnesota and spent 30 years as a research biologist. But there's one early morning that stands out in his memory.
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Eric Bergeson -- Death is different in the country
Eric Bergeson -- A deputy's painted toenails
Jim Ellofson -- Small town mayor and a skunk
Barbara Flanagan -- Meeting Elizabeth Taylor
Chris Godsey -- Still getting butterflies in the classroom
Helmi Harrington -- Power and the accordian
David Lavelle -- Army medic in Iraq
J.D. Lundgren -- Hunting with his father.
Paul Lundgren -- Seems like a hip guy, but he's not.
Paul Ojanen -- Recalls death of an addict
Ken Porwoll -- Memories of Bataan Death March
Paul Schultz -- An out-of-body experience
Walter Sve -- Trouble on Lake Superior
Mary Tennis -- On a farm in Italy
Gloria Weisgram -- The scariest house
Gloria Weisgram -- A tree falls in the pasture
Kevin Zepper -- Buying a Marilyn Manson CD
Kevin Zepper -- Family in a book
Kevin Zepper -- Thrift store shoppers