Today is Mary Welsh Hemingway Day in Bemidji; play being written in her honor BEMIDJI -- "Those skating years were also the years when I celebrated my birthday on April 5 by making the first swim of the season in Lake Bemidji. Usually the winter's ice had retreated only a yard or two from the beach at Diamond Point, but th... Written By: Bethany Wesley | × Ernest and Mary Hemingway on safari in Africa, 1953-1954. BEMIDJI - “Those skating years were also the years when I celebrated my birthday on April 5 by making the first swim of the season in Lake Bemidji. Usually the winte...