That colorful walking stick is adorned with a gator and a crayfish. A diamond willow walking stick with a Minnesota Viking theme. Often, the walking sticks have a personal connection. In Nebraska ...

One thing led to another, and another thing led to walking sticks. There is no prototype for what Beck does. It’s his own idea. Beck gathers diamond willow from the marshes of the Interlake.

“The Diamond Willow Walking Stick: A Traditional Metis Story about Generosity” by Leah Marie Dorion is a beautifully illustrated book based on a Metis elder’s remembrances of his ...

For over a year now, Vic Holmberg has been making walking sticks that he gives ... but some of them are with specialty woods, like a diamond willow stick that was given to him.