Three surgeries, four emergency room visits, six radiation treatments, 15 blood and platelet transfusions, 42 nights in the hospital, over 40 tests and scans, and 69 doses of chemotherapy. From the initial surgery to remove a baseball-sized tumor from her kidney on March 25, 2020, to her last ...
If you are looking for a book club to join, the New Ulm Public library has great options, including Mystery, Lit-Wits, and Poetry groups. But you don’t have to belong to a library sponsored book club to reap the benefits of the library—we’ll support your club, too! Use your library card to place a hold on a book club discussion kit and we’ll put it on the hold shelf at New Ulm or we’ll have it delivered to any Traverse de Sioux regional library. Each bag includes 8-12 copies of the title and a list of discussion questions. Here is a list of newer Book Club Bags added to the ...
Online grocery shopping and same-day delivery have exploded since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Of course, delivery services are nothing new. Home grocery delivery dates to the 1890s and was common in the early 20th century. It began to decline after World War II with the rise of suburbs and supermarkets, at least in the United States. The change wasn’t quite as drastic in Europe. This bicycle advertising Collins Chemist, which sold for 1,020 pounds (about $1,200 in U.S. currency) at a Bonhams auction, is one of the “trade” or “carrier” bicycles used in ...
LOS ANGELES — In a video introducing Sleater-Kinney’s last album, 2021’s “Path of Wellness,” the duo of Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker ask a psychic if they’ll ever record another album. She initially says yes, then changes her answer to “That’s really up in the air.” At different moments in time, both answers could be viewed as correct. Sleater-Kinney is always writing, and their 10th studio album (their second since the departure of drummer Janet Weiss) is the result of many conflicting ideas. “Little Rope”, which will be released Jan. 19, was written in a ...
There is a celebration for every day of the year if you are looking for something to celebrate. I hope the daily celebrations for the upcoming week make you smile or maybe facilitate a trip to the library to look for a book to help you celebrate the day in style. Sun. Oct. 1 International Coffee Day and National Homemade Cookie Day. What could be better than a homemade cookie and a cup of coffee on a Sunday? A couple of titles to help are “The New Rules of Coffee: A Modern Guide for Everyone” by Jordan Michelman (641.3373 Michelm) and “Fabulous Modern Cookies: Lessons in Better ...
