Today’s reading – the hits and the misses February 7, 2022 After a lovey and much improved night’s sleep I feel prepared to do some writing today. It helps that in recent days I finished… Continue Reading
My last Republican Precinct Caucus? February 3, 2022 Twenty years ago I attended what might have been my last Minnesota Republican Precinct Caucus. An hour’s search today through my old paper trail… Continue Reading
A very nice February First February 1, 2022 Monday I actually had a nice long sit down with the publisher of the Reader. We were both masked of course. We reviewed his… Continue Reading
Iron Will, My star turn February 1, 2022 The John Beargrease sled dog race is on and the drivers are having a tough time of it along Minnesota’s North Shore. Which got… Continue Reading
Blogging, subbing, sculpting, Frenchifying, writing, Blogging???? January 13, 2022 I put two hours a day in in French. After two hours a day for four years I’m too stubborn to quit until I… Continue Reading
A hard conversation about – prevagen January 7, 2022 Whenever I have plans…..PLANS…..the hardest part is facing the conversation with my better half about what no power on Earth seems to be able… Continue Reading
A photo montage of my recent month ignoring my blog January 7, 2022 We got our Christmas jigsaw puzzles out early this year before Thanksgiving. These three have just been put back in their boxes. This cartoon… Continue Reading
Building my snow sculpture during a Tornado warning December 16, 2021 Bob Dole’s ghost swept across his hometown last night with 100 MPH winds. Its climate change in Russel Kansas which saw its wind records… Continue Reading
My lovely birthday weekend December 12, 2021 Turn 71 on a friday and just maybe the first weekend of your eighth decade will be a nice one. Mine was. Here is… Continue Reading
Two days of Subbing December 10, 2021 Its Friday and I was invited to sub today but declined. Tuesday and Wednesday were both eight hour days. I managed well enough and… Continue Reading
First snow sculpture of my eighth decade December 10, 2021 I’m often asked what my next sculpture will be and I often explain that it will be “snow.” (Its helpful to have canned answers… Continue Reading
Birthday boy tells all December 10, 2021 Day…..Number of visits….. Pages…..Hits…..Bandwidth 01 Dec 2021….. 660….. 4,243….. 4,478….. 45.72 MB 02 Dec 2021….. 860….. 6,396….. 6,675….. 46.56 MB 03 Dec 2021….. 879…….. Continue Reading
Harry’s Nap December 6, 2021 This was a letter from my Mother in the same year as the letter in the previous post. I had asked Mom to illustrate… Continue Reading
The First Draft of History December 4, 2021 I found this a few years back when I wondered if old issues of the Reporter, Mankato State’s Student Newspaper, could be found online…. Continue Reading
Truth in Advertizing December 4, 2021 I have spent the better part of the last month in overdrive organizing 50 years worth of family and personal documents. It has been… Continue Reading
Prattling on – First day as a sub November 20, 2021 I told some of the five classes I “taught” yesterday at Harbor City International that I hadn’t subbed in a class since 1983. That… Continue Reading
This Optimist’s fear got an early start November 16, 2021 I have been taking my lifetime’s collection of family memorabilia and putting it in chronological order for three weeks. I’m hoping to have the… Continue Reading
Proof that Harry Welty is still an optimist November 15, 2021 I’ll write this post for tomorrow but not now. In April of 1950, just days after I made the journey from egg to ovum… Continue Reading
Everything that Harry writes that is not about the imminent destruction of Earth as we knew it is superfluous. But, he does prattle on at: www.lincolndemocrat.com November 15, 2021 The cumbersome title of this post is also my new tag line that will follow my Not Eudora columns for the Duluth Reader. It… Continue Reading
