A craft that can appeal to all ages and skills, knitting is considered a healthy hobby. It’s meditative, creative, has been known to reduce blood pressure and heart rate and help prevent stress-related illnesses. “It’s a great hobby. It can be very therapeutic. It’s very calming,” ...
Robots may sound like current cutting-edge technology or science-fiction dreams of the future, but automated mechanical creatures have captured people’s imaginations for centuries. Animals and music were always popular themes. Legends say that King Solomon surrounded his throne with mechanical animals, including lions that would raise their paws and roar when he approached and birds that would descend to give him his crown and a scroll. Hero of Alexandria, a mathematician from the first century, wrote a treatise called “On Automaton-Making” with designs for a water basin with ...
This Sunday, the NFL Pro Bowl starts in Las Vegas, Nevada and New Ulm native Crysten Glawe will have one of the best seats at the game. Glawe will attend as a cheerleader, representing the Washington Commanders. She has worked as a professional cheerleader in Washington, D.C. for several ...
Famous names add to the value of an antique, even if we know more about the maker’s work than about the maker. Few names of antique folk artists and country crafters are known today, and even less is known about the people behind them. John Boyer, who made seed chests in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the mid- to late 19th century, is one of these crafters. This seed chest, attributed to Boyer, sold for an impressive $28,320 at a Conestoga auction. The chest features grain painting, a popular decoration at the time. Grain painting meant painting an inexpensive material, such as ...
One of my duties at the New Ulm Public Library (NUPL) is selecting and purchasing Adult Fiction books. I use many tools to decide what to buy but I find curated lists to be some of the most helpful. So, when I saw that the Mystery Writers of America had announced the 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominations and had a list posted on their website, I was excited. Not only did I want to make sure I hadn’t missed adding a choice book to the library’s collection, I also wanted the information to use for readers’ advisory. Celebrated yearly in honor of writer Edgar Allan Poe, The Edgar ...
MONDAY Biscuits and sausage gravy, roasted potatoes, cinnamon apple slices, dessert, milk. TUESDAY Liver or pepper steak, buttered boiled potatoes, stewed tomatoes, dinner roll, dessert, milk. WEDNESDAY Ginger citrus chicken, rice pilaf, peas and carrots, peaches, bread, milk. THURSDAY Sloppy joe on a bun, potato wedges, vegetarian baked beans, banana or fresh fruit, dessert, milk. FRIDAY Baked fish, rice, broccoli florets, pears, dessert, milk. The New Ulm Community Center is OPEN for in person dining. Call 359-2243 for Delivery, or to reserve a meal for in person ...
