I guess I have always had a thing for libraries. And, I suppose, that is because I have always loved to read. I remember reading all kinds of books as a child and young adult. My mother used to come in to my bedroom and demand I quit reading, put down the book, turn off the light and go to ...
It might actually be fall. Oh, I know, fall started back in September, sometime around Sept. 22. But, did it really? Now as we hit mid-October, and Halloween is fast approaching, it is finally starting to feel a little bit like fall. The leaves are turning, finally, and they are falling ...
So, this past week was National Newspaper Week, and it was also National Fire Prevention Week. In last week’s column I wrote a lot about Newspaper Week, but I sort of brushed over Fire Prevention Week. So this week, lets talk about fire week. It is a different kind of week, because it is ...
This week there are a lot of things being recognized and celebrated. For instance, you will see in the week’s issue of the Faribault County Register that it is National Fire Prevention Week and also National 4-H Recognition Week. There are many, many other things being recognized as well. ...
It has been a long time. In fact, I was a little bit shocked when I looked back and saw just how long it has been. It has been such a long time that I wonder how that could possibly have happened. In case you are not sure what I am referring to, it is that it has been a long time since I ...
I swore I was never going to do this again. I promised myself, I promised my wife, I promised my best friend. I may have even promised you, the readers of the Faribault County Register. I was finally going to give it up, once and for all. What was this terrible thing, this nasty habit, ...
People who know me well know that I am not the biggest fan of social media. In fact, people who don’t know me well still have a pretty good idea that I am not the biggest fan of social media, because I have written about that in this space several times before. It is not that I am ...
There have been a lot of changes in Blue Earth and Faribault County in the last 18 years. Some good, some not so good. I chose the number of years to be 18, as that is how long I have lived here. When you move to a new location, the way it looks at that moment becomes your point of ...
If you are a long-time reader of this column, then you probably know that I am not a native Minnesotan. Far from it, in fact. Yes, I was born and raised in San Diego, California. I add the state name, California, because there is a San Diego in other places, like San Diego, Texas. Even ...
I need to go mow my lawn. Even though I feel like I just did. I haven’t been able to get to it this week, and now it really needs it. Most summers I can get by with not even mowing it once a week. But this year, with rain seeming to come every three days, it can barely make it a week ...