“What are you catching them on,” the mother across the pond hollered to me as my youngest boy Jackson landed a feisty stocked rainbow for my older son AJ. With a wave that I was on my way, and a scamper up the embankment of the small community water with my tacklebox in hand, I told the ...
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year since the “c” word came into my life. Sadly, the word in question wasn’t “cashback.” Hearing the phrase “poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma” regarding my tonsil was a bit of a shock. It required some research ...
In 1956, the movie “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” hit the silver screen. Seed pods from outer space landed on Earth. If a pod were placed near a sleeping person, a visually identical copy of that person would be produced, and only the copy would be left. Each copy had the original ...
In recent articles published by the Minneapolis Star Tribune (April 18) and the New Ulm Journal (April 27), Sleepy Eye Medical Center (SEMC) was named among approximately 32 hospitals in Minnesota facing financial headwinds. Despite these industry-wide pressures, SEMC remains financially ...
The month of May is Minnesota Museums Month. Since its inception in 2012, Minnesota Museums Month has come to be a celebration of our shared communities, histories, and cultures. The annual tradition is a collaboration among museums of all types — history, art, science, zoos, gardens, and ...
I wrote this in November 2023. On advice of attorney, I didn’t submit it then. Both drivers were beat up, but we recovered. All the equipment was totaled. We finished combining corn the last week of October. Then it was a rush to do tillage because you never know when winter is coming. ...