I know. I just wrote about the Minnesota Vikings last week. I should be writing about something else this week, right? But I cannot stop myself. It must be done. If you don’t care a whit about the Vikings (and I am somewhat jealous of people like that) then quit reading now and do something ...
As I write this, the Minnesota Vikings are 14-2 and about to play the 14-2 Detroit Lions on Sunday Night Football. At stake, the No. 1 seed in the NFC. The loser drops all the way down to the No. 5 seed. And that is amazing in many ways. First off, a 14-3 team is going to be a fifth seed. ...
Every year, during this particular week when we are doing our Top 10 Stories of the Year in the last edition of the Faribault County Register for the year, I sit down and take some time to write this column. And every year this column is virtually the same. So I am going to start out with the ...
What? Can Christmas really be just a few days away? Is that really possible? Well, it must be true, because this issue of the Faribault County Register is our annual “Good News” edition. You can consider it our Christmas gift to all of our readers. We try to fill it with nothing but ...
Now, before I start this week’s column, let me make one thing perfectly clear. I was neither for nor against the idea of the city of Blue Earth building some tiny houses. But I will admit I found the idea interesting. I mean, I sort of live in a tiny house. It is certainly smaller than ...
“Oh, the places you will go, and the people you will meet, And the stories you will write, that all will be so sweet. And those photos you will take, they will all be such a treat.” My apologies to one of my favorite authors, Dr. Seuss, for my rather poor attempt to paraphrase one of ...
Since this is being written on Thanksgiving Day, I should be writing about what I am thankful for this year. But, I have done that every year, and it does not change much. Family, friends and reasonably good health, plus a few other things. Like being able to write stories about a wide ...
So, you may have noticed that lately when I write up the stories about the Blue Earth City Council meetings, I have included the phrase “standing room only” to describe the number of folks who are attending the meeting. Lately, the number of folks has been on the increase and they have ...
It is always a good feeling when we get the annual Our Heroes magazine done and sent off to the printing plant. That happened this past Monday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day. I know, we used to shoot for Our Heroes magazine to come out on Veterans Day. But, the last couple of years, we have delayed ...
A friend and work associate, who is much younger than I, made a comment the other day that I have heard many times before, and have often said myself. “Wow,” she said. “It is already November. This year is really flying by.” She is right, but that is a saying usually reserved for old ...