‘Shelter and Storm’: Tamara Dean’s Memoir of Living in the Driftless

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By Craig ThompsonJun 6, 2025, 1:08 pm182 ptsTrendingTop
The Driftless — an unglaciated area that runs through Wisconsin and a few other states — lured Tamara Dean and her partner, David, to escape their life indoors two decades ago. “We had spent our days in offices, staring at screens most of the time. And we thought, we just want to try something that is…

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