May 22, 2013
12:01 a.m.
With the nice weather, business has picked up again. What a spring! We have a lot of catching up to do, as do area gardeners.
Phone call of the year:
"Yeah, my husband just picked up some apple trees at Home Depot. When is the best time to pl...
May 22, 2013
5:24 p.m.
Never thought I would find much encouraging coming out of the Vatican, but here it is: A pope who is making good sense.
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May 20, 2013
11:32 a.m.
Finally, there will be a small increase in nursing home funding in Minnesota. Nursing home workers do some of the most difficult and important work in our towns. They deserve to be paid accordingly. This is only a small step, but it is a step.
&nbs...
May 17, 2013
11:26 a.m.
Another appalling example of children being exploited for the delight of the masses. This genre is amongst the sickest public spectacles afloat today: In a full stadium, a child is surprised by the appearance of his or her father (haven't seen a mother ye...
May 14, 2013
5:35 p.m.
Andrew Sullivan does not identify the readers who write in to his blog, but I will claim the first letter in this post as mine.
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May 13, 2013
11:25 a.m.
This book and the accompanying television program are sure to be controversial. However, the author is spot on in his assertion that the eventual solution to Alzheimer's disease is likely not going to be a pill, but a drastic change in lifestyle and ...
May 9, 2013
12:01 a.m.
Please read this article about the experience of a woman with dark skin at the White House Press Correspondent's dinner. I hear people so often say there is no bigotry any more, that it is all in people's imagination. The assertion is so insanely false--j...
May 8, 2013
12:01 a.m.
In apparent response to brother Joe's recent article advocating the decriminalization of marijuana, our fellow greenhouse north of town moved in for the kill!
They do have a nice place, well worth the stop.
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May 3, 2013
12:01 a.m.
Went in to see how Aunt Olive was doing today and she was in fine form. In fact, her pain didn't even come up until I offered to get her heat pack re-heated. After wanting nothing more than to die two days ago, Olive's focus was once again on the ...
May 3, 2013
5:26 a.m.
Here is the first song by George Jones that I liked back in high school. Boy, then you had to hide the fact that you liked country music! Now you don't. This is a minor hit, but to me it is George at his best.
And then George's prediction about his...
