This Memorial Day, I’m thinking a lot about Dorothy Day.
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 …
Do you meditate?
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 …
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…
The Minnesota Legislature has been exceptionally active this year in reforming state election laws. The state House of Representatives and Sen…
I don’t own any guns. When I was younger I would hunt pheasants, but that’s the extent of my relationship with a weapon.
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.
Legislative action this year has been swift and significant, as the DFL-controlled House and Senate moved quickly to advance long-promised bil…
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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…
Why should the opinions of an editorial board hold any value in our world? After all, there is no shortage of opinions from your mom, dad, gra…
When you heard the news that Minnesota’s greatest football coach of all time, Bud Grant, passed away, what memory popped into your head?
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…
Aging services in Minnesota are many and varied. From funding for long-term care and home health care services to nutrition programs to afford…
It’s that time of year again when my thoughts turn to what the regulations will be on Mille Lacs this summer. After last year’s very poor catc…
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…
Some editors write personal stories in this space. Others take the opportunity to put their opinions on local happenings or state issues out t…
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 –…
It’s been a couple of very busy weeks. Every time I sit down at my computer, the task list grows as I sort through another 50 or 60 messages.
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