If I were a space alien visiting Earth for the first time and I attended the town hall meeting in Marshall on June 1 with Senator Dahms and Representative Swedzinski, I would conclude that the most important thing to Earthlings was money. Money is the god people worship here. People don’t ...
Three things in my backyard that I value every spring are my rain gauge, my iris flowers and my asparagus.
They’re all classic parts of spring in much of the Upper Midwest. I look forward to all three during our long Minnesota winters.
I like rain gauges because they’re simple and ...
Dear Annie: When I was 12 or 13 years old, I had a pen pal in a different state. I’ll call him “Casey.” This was long before anyone had ever heard of the term “catfished.” We wrote several long letters every week and sent many photographs and small gifts. At times, we would speak on ...
to what to do with the extra greeting cards you receive, please send them to Operation Gratitude, 9409 Owensmouth Ave., Chatsworth, CA 91311. Operation Gratitude is an organization that sends packages to our deployed troops, veterans, first responders and more. The cards are included in the ...
Three things in my backyard that I value every spring are my rain gauge, my iris flowers and my asparagus.
They’re all classic parts of spring in much of the Upper Midwest. I look forward to all three during our long Minnesota winters.
I like rain gauges because they’re simple and ...
Dear Annie: My one sister and I took care of our parents for the last 20 years due to their poor health and dementia. We have another sister who always made promises to our parents to stop by and take them out to eat or make them some of their favorite food, but they hardly ever did ...