Monday dawns – Third day of being 66 years of age December 12, 2016 In the light of our sun room you can see the silhouette of the tree the boys sawed down. No rifles. I thought we… Continue Reading
Family tidbits for my Birthday December 9, 2016 On my birthday tomorrow I’ll take my grandsons on a Christmas Tree hunt. Claudia told the boys the other day that we would go… Continue Reading
Never underestimate the generosity… December 8, 2016 …of Loren Martell. Or his fair-mindedness. He begins: The Board recently completed its evaluation of Superintendent Gronseth’s job performance. How individual members rated district… Continue Reading
Niche – another reason the Duluth Schools can’t sit on their laurels. December 8, 2016 A sympathizer and critic of our School Board sent me a link to this site which rates public school districts and colleges. He noted… Continue Reading
Infamy the flag and the Oval Office December 7, 2016 Readers of this blog will not find it surprising that I greatly appreciate today’s opinion piece in the News Tribune. The author will probably… Continue Reading
A little historical digging December 7, 2016 I found my Great Grandfather Thomas Robb’s farm home on Google Earth yesterday. You can see its right angles hiding in a grove of… Continue Reading
Trump as Coyote? Naw. He’s more Jerry Lewis December 6, 2016 I’ve been trying to see the positives in the looming Trump Presidency. He does break molds. The Georgian leader manhandled by Russia who thought… Continue Reading
Jana’s got her ear to the ground December 2, 2016 I was not at all surprised to read Jana Hollingsworth’s story about a new wrinkle in funding college in today’s DNT. Students beginning in… Continue Reading
Lapel Flag patriots December 1, 2016 This NPR story about the thousands of “general discharges” handed out to veterans in recent years irked me this morning. These discharges protect the… Continue Reading
Lamentations December 1, 2016 Last night I read the third book of the prophets found in the Protestant Old Testament – Lamentations. In the fat little Bible dictionary… Continue Reading