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I have so many memories of fishing with my dad when I was a kid (and as an adult, and they still continue :<). I can remember he and his fi…

Last week my seven-year-old grandson excitedly told me about the moth he rescued from a puddle in their garage. “It was stuck in the water, so…

There’s a saying, “I don’t have to go to church to be a Christian.” This is theoretically true, but it is a mistaken thought not based on Scri…

Several years ago, while helping construct a list of the first Onamia High School Athletic Hall of Fame inductees, an OHS grad from the 1950s …

Editor’s note: Though the Aitkin Independent Age is named as the community paper in this column, the sentiment rings true for the work of the …

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In part one I listed a number of pet peeves where some drivers seem to have forgotten basic etiquette and driving 101. Here’s a continuation o…

Driving is all about fluidity and rhythm, fitting in with the traffic and common sense (which I’m not sure is so common any more). Don’t be th…

In 2013 when this editorial board demonstrated support of Southwest Light Rail, it did so knowing that it was the most expensive public works …

This is not a drill, and it is not fake news. Dear readers, my in-laws are in town.

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It’s been a week. Do you know what I mean when I say that? There’s no doubt in my mind that you do. I feel like I’ve experienced just about ev…

Recently, I finished Aldo Leopold’s “A Sand County Almanac,” a book that has shaped many a conservationist, environmentalist and even at least…

When I was old enough to drive, I bought my first car – a 1971 Camaro SS 396 for $950 (boy do I wish I could get that car back!!). Amazingly e…

A few years ago, I met up with my fifth-grade teacher, Sister Mary Karen, and we found ourselves reminiscing about what it was like for her te…

Most days I don’t think much about eggs. They’re in the same vein as laundry detergent or salt. But if you sparingly sprinkle them across a Zo…

Two of my nieces had birthdays over the past week. And even though they’re not my kids, I’m sitting in a wave of ache mixed with pride, caught…

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I’ll admit to having a limited IQ which makes me vulnerable to so many aspects of the world around me. 

“There’s a certain Slant of light, / Winter Afternoons – / That oppresses, like the Heft / Of Cathedral Tunes – / Heavenly Hurt, it gives us –…

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