Somebody once told me to “not sweat the small stuff.” I think they meant I should not worry about the little things in life, just worry about the big things. Or something like that. But lately I have been spending quite a lot of time worrying about some small things. Mosquitoes to be ...
Another thunderstorm is rumbling its way through the area as I write this column early Friday morning. It’s bringing some more rain to the area, not that we really need it right now. There was a doozy of a storm this past Tuesday afternoon. In fact, it went on a lot of the day. But in the ...
There is a song about the merry, merry month of May. As a matter of fact, if you ask Miss Siri or Mr. Google they will probably tell you that there are, indeed, several songs that mention that May is the merry month. I think it all goes back a long, long time to old England when Thomas Dekker ...
Every once in a while there is something in the Faribault County Register that hits me kind of hard personally. Maybe it happens to you, too. Obviously, seeing an obituary for a good friend will do that to you. Especially if, perchance, you did not know that the person had died. Don’t get ...
Let me tell you a story. And I promise that if you keep reading it, eventually there will be a point to the story. A long, long time ago, I lived in a place far, far away. My wife, Pam, and I lived in a little town called Enderlin, North Dakota, and we owned and ran the local newspaper, the ...
It has gotten worse, not better. I have gotten worse, not better. The world has gotten worse, not better. What is “it,” you may be asking? Our reliance upon electronic devices, and the amount of time we have to spend on them. I know, I know. I have railed about this in the past, ...
When I moved to Blue Earth nearly 17 years ago now, I had a lot of weekly newspaper experience under my belt. Still, there were a few different things I ran into when I started working for the Faribault County Register. For instance, I was no longer the boss, I wasn’t the publisher, I was ...
I totally forgot something last week. That can happen when you get old. So, what did I forget? I forgot. Oh yeah, now I remember. I forgot that I had planned on using this space last week to clear something up from the week before. So now, please accept my apologies for any ...
This week I think I will take a note from our ace, young reporter here at the Register, Fiona, and write a column about spring cleaning. But, this column is about five ways to do some spring cleaning in your life. I know, that sounds a little strange, but let me explain. The first one is to ...
Something is happening this week that does not happen very often. And, no, I am not referring to the total solar eclipse which will be able to be seen in full along a track to the southeast of Minnesota. No, I am referring to the fact that the official date for this week’s Faribault County ...