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Canterville Ghost

Photograph at an unknown location with citation on back of photo suggesting it was taken around 1973. Citation on back of photograph reads,  With the passing of eighteen year old legal-age law in Minnesota, prohibition days seem to have returned. Men and women eighteen older have flocked to the East side bars again.https://commons.und.edu/gf-city-photos/1223/thumbnail.jp

Young Students Congregate At A Small Bar in East Grand Forks, MN, ca.1973

Grev, J.G.

Floodwall Magazine 
Volume 2 
Issue 10 Fall 2024 Article 28 
December 2024 
Falling or Flying? 
J.G. Grev 
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Falling or Flying?
Some things are like trying to climb a rose bush. You wait for thorns to 
disappear, but new ones grow in the wasted time. The blooms at the top 
look beautiful, but that doesn’t change what lies beneath. You tighten 
your hold, and blood seeps from your palms.
The roses weren’t always red, were they?
Sometimes, it’s better to let go.
J.G. Grev is a senior studying English. She enjoys writing poetry, but she 
eventually wants to write and publish fiction novels. In her free time, she 
can be found at her desk working on her various writing projects. If you 
find her, her black cat named Jinx is guaranteed to be close by.
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S&L Company Department Store on the Bentzen Block

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John Anderson

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