I think we would all agree there’s a story attached to everyone and everything. The question is are we interested in learning the story? That opens up a whole new can of worms, and one should always be ready for anything. While shopping at a local wine store, there was a salesman in the ...

No nice weather ever goes unpunished in our neck of the woods. We had a fabulously clement March, with nearly no snow and temperatures that were generally agreed to be “not too bad.” We didn’t receive any snow during our state high school basketball tournaments. These events are ...

The season for big fish has arrived. Whether it’s huge prespawn crappies on a Minnesota backwater, or those walleyes and pike making their migratory runs up a river in North Dakota or the channels of Devils Lake, spring presents the best chance to catch the fish of a lifetime. It also ...

Last week was truly a repeat experience for me, a true case of deja vu. I underwent my second hip replacement surgery in the past four years. I wrote my column last week on Tuesday, had surgery on Wednesday, and have recovered enough to produce new column for you this week. My second hip ...

As a Master Gardener, I and the group of Master Gardeners who are in Lyon County, are here to help the public with questions about your gardens, your trees and shrubs or other questions you may have regarding gardening in a general sense. As we turn the page and move into spring, one of the ...

I have manila folders where I’ve saved the Books & Beyond columns I’ve written. Since March is my birthday month, I thought a gift to me would be researching the history of writing these columns. So I’ll write a brief description of each March column, beginning in 2015. 2015: ...