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Wine tasting friends

ICYMI, acronyms are a part of our everyday world. Now do you know what acronyms are? Well, just in case you don't know, an acronym is defined as a word formed by combining the initial letters of a multipart word. For instance, ICYMI stands for “in case you missed it.” Over the years, ...

In Check

I used to consider myself a good chess player, capable of figuring things out, even thinking a few moves ahead, and having a strategy and a backup as well when I played more often with my dad, or the kids in school as I grew up. Now that I play the game with my own boys, who both have a library ...

Cooking for one requires creativity and consistent effort

Nutrition in a one-person household shouldn’t be taken for granted, but should instead be met with careful planning. Boulder Creek in Marshall is sponsoring a monthly Cooking for One program. It will enable participants to try out meals that are ideal for one person. They’ll be able to ...

‘A climate superfund’ only hurts Minnesota families

Affordability is not an abstract policy debate in Minnesota; it is a daily reality. Consumer prices have risen nearly 2 percent over the past year, and while inflation has cooled from its peak, that offers little comfort to families still paying far more for groceries, utilities, insurance, and ...

Read for the Record Day: Oh, the places we read

In honor of Dr. Seuss Day (March 2), we present this article written in his rhyming style: In towns big and small, in the sun or the snow,
Readers gathered to help children grow—
Not taller or wider or bigger in size,
But grow in the ways only reading supplies! For Read for the ...

The remarkable power of healing and forgiveness

I recently got to watch something up close that is remarkable. Healing. If you saw me a few weeks ago and noticed my heavily bandaged left thumb, I joked, “Oh that? I was trying cut my thumb off.” It wasn’t intentional, but I did slice it pretty good. It occurred while I was performing ...