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Time Turning Like a Page

In his early play, Love’s Labour’s Lost, William Shakespeare gave us this thought on time. In the opening act, Lord Berowne speaking to King Navarre declares, “At Christmas, I no more desire a rose, than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled mirth; but like of each thing that in season grows.” Such is one of only three references to Christmas in all of Shakespeare’s works. It is interesting that he chooses to tie Christmas to time. Centuries after Shakespeare but almost two centuries before today, Charles Dickens also connected Christmas with time by haunting Ebenezer Scrooge with ...

French table embodies art nouveau design

Art nouveau designs were based on nature. A close look at this table, which sold for $2,750 at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, shows that the side supports literally branch out at the top, where they meet the panels of carved flowers adorning the ends of the tabletop. The carvings at the base suggest twining roots. It is as if a pair of blossoming trees supports the table between them. The table is the work of French artist and cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle (1859-1926), one of the great designers of the Art nouveau movement. Along with other artists and industrialists in France, Majorelle ...

2025 in photos

Recent and upcoming movie adaptations

Are you a reader that likes to read the book before you see the movie? If so, check out this list of books that are being adapted for the screen. “The Housemaid” by Freida McFadden. Many McFadden readers will say the “The Housemaid” is the book that hooked them and it seems that filmmakers agree. The movie is set to be released in the U.S. December 19, 2025. “People We Meet on Vacation” by Emily Henry. The Netflix adaptation is set to be released early 2026. “Regretting You” by Colleen Hoover. The DVD will be out in February 2026. “Verity” also by Colleen ...

City plans to purchase tax-forfeited Nehls farm

The Fred Nehls farm which forfeited to the state for non-payment taxes will be bought by the city of New Ulm for public use. The three outlots involved include 12 acres and are located on the west side of Summit Avenue from about 11th to 13th S. Under state law the city has first choice to acquire the land, provided it is always used to serve as a public benefit. DENNIS WARTA, Brown County Commissioner in whose district the land is located, as part of his duties, notified city fathers of the chance to acquire the land. He said only cost to the city would be the loss of delinquent ...

You can’t keep a good man down

Daryl “Red” Kilmer and his siblings learned to sew from their mother Ada at a very young age. “My mother was quite a seamstress. She taught all five of us boys how to sew on on an old treadle (foot powered) sewing machine,” said Kilmer. Now days, he is most often mending torn flags ...