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Ada Igoe

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Ada Igoe

Ada Igoe is proud to be homegrown on homegrown radio. Her radio career at WTIP began at an early age. As a child she tagged along to many of the meetings and fundraisers that lead to WTIP's formation. From 1999-2003, during her teenage years, she co-produced WTIP's Ragamuffin Radio, a weekly children's program. After graduating from the College of St. Scholastica in 2007 with a B.A. in English and Communication, she punted about the globe, temping in both London, England and the Twin Cities before realizing the woods and community of Cook County would always be home. She lives on the Gunflint Trail. Her commentary, "Of Woods and Words" can be heard on WTIP's North Shore Weekend Saturday mornings. You can also subscribe to a podcast.

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Of Woods And Words: How to Meet Your Neighbors

In the summer, in the woods, solitude can feel like an illusion. During the winter, just a handful of people live on our bay and life unfolds quietly, as if on your own whim.
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Of Woods And Words: Learning To Dive

One night in late June, a pair of loons in the bay outside the cabin took to caterwauling. They whooped, yodeled, and called all night long.

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Of Woods And Words: Don't Get Around Much

When I stand on our deck, I can look always way across the lake to spy the sign for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on a tiny island way out in the distance.

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Of Woods And Words: The Berry Season

I have tried several times to write about berry picking, never with especially great success.
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Of Woods And Words: Raised On Radio

When my brother and I were very little, our family lived briefly on the edge of the Minnesota prairie. We didn’t have a T.V.
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Of Woods And Words: The Culture of Leaving

In this land of summer vacation homes, people are naturally curious about where you’re from.
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Of Woods and Words: The Wave

I grew up just outside of Grand Marais, or “in town” as we say around these parts.
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Of Woods and Words: A Tale of Two Pies

When in the kitchen, many people strive to get their recipes tasting just as good as Grandma’s.
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Of Woods and Words: Fences Make Good Neighbors

Like any recent college grad worth their share of student loans in a floundering economy, I spend a fair amount of time at my parents’ place.  Coincidentally, I often pop around near sup

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Of Woods and Words: Things That Go Thump in the Night

I’m not sure why I expected to get a decent amount of sleep when I spent a week in New York City this past month.

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