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 ...
Perhaps nothing else has given me more consternation in this job of being an editor than getting letters to the editor. And then publishing them, or not publishing them. It is true that in the “olden days” we used to get a lot more letters to the editor. Some of them were printed in the ...
So far, I have refrained from commenting on the upcoming election. But, with it looming on the horizon, it is time to make some comments. However, these comments may not be what you were expecting. I am not going to tell you who to vote for, especially for that top job of president. There ...
I lost another one of my “unofficial advisors,” when Larry Anderson, of Frost, died last Sunday. My unofficial advisors are a small group of people who give me some unsolicited advice from time to time. And by advice, I mean it is sometimes criticism, but criticism given in a very nice ...
I guess you could call this column “Moses Sailor - Part Two.” Or maybe “Moses Sailor Continued.” As you have now surmised, it is more about Moses Sailor, the first permanent settler in Faribault County. Last week’s column about Moses Sailor drew a lot of response, more than I ...
Do you know who Moses Sailor was? I asked some folks this question recently. No one was really sure, but one person did answer correctly that, “Isn’t he the guy who has the tombstone in the Riverside Cemetery in the shape of a log cabin?” That was right, but the better answer is that ...
Time to sit back and relax and have a cup of coffee and enjoy another round of Cheers and Jeers from ye olde editor. Yes, you know you were wondering when those Cheers and Jeers would be back. One person recently suggested that Roasts and Toasts might be a better name for them. But it is hard ...