Marnie O. Mamminga
Marnie O. Mamminga has been a professional essayist and features writer for more than 20 years.
Her work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune and its magazine, Reader’s Digest, The Christian Science Monitor, Lake Superior Magazine, Detroit Free Press Magazine, Midwest Prairie Review, and several Chicken Soup for the Soul books.
She is the author of On a Clear Night: Essays from the Heartland. Her first book, Return to Wake Robin: One Cabin in the Heyday of Northwoods Resorts was chosen as one of Parade Magazine’s best reads for summer 2012 and was featured on the popular Wisconsin Public Radio Chapter a Day program in August 2013.
Marnie holds a B.A. and Master’s degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and is a frequent speaker at many book clubs, libraries, and other events.
She is a lifelong Midwesterner who enjoys spending time out in nature and with her friends and family -- especially her eight grandchildren.
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It seems so long ago, but Marnie O. Mamminga takes us back to special moment during the pandemic when the bells rang out.
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Hummingbirds, teachers, and students — Marnie O. Mamminga makes the connection.
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Marnie O. Mamminga asks "what happened to kindness, compassion, and love thy neighbor as thy self?"
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Some call it scilla, some call it squill, but Marnie O. Mamminga calls the little blue harbinger of spring "heaven."
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Remember the first bird that caught your eye and turned you into a life-long birdwatcher? Marnie O. Mamminga does.
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A road map can help get you where you're going. Marnie O. Mamminga is hoping for one that can take us even further.
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Is your dining room table ready to return to its pre-pandemic glory? Marnie O. Mamminga polishes the silver and celebrates the real meaning of Thanksgiving.
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A Yellowstone grizzly was lucky enough to catch a rare site this summer — human strangers being kind to one another!
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Get up early or stay up late — just get out, look up, and enjoy the Perseids, says Marnie O. Mamminga.