If you have visited our website over the past few days you may have noticed a few exciting changes. This is the first time we have updated our website since it was launched nearly eight years ago and was long overdue, at least in my mind. First and foremost, you will notice a new and sleek… Read More

Our featured story this week is “Root Beer Lady,” the story of Dorothy Molter, written and illustrated by Bob Cary.   The Foreword in the book reads “From 1930 to 1986, a period of fifty-six years, the Isle of Pines at Knife Lake, along the Minnesota-Ontario border, provided the setting for a drama that the wilderness… Read More

By now you are aware that I like to see what National Day it is according to NationalDayCalender.Com. January 14 is National Dress Up Your Pet Day.  Darren and I have been owners of several pets over the years as our children were growing up. There were many turtles, several goldfish, three cats and two dogs…. Read More

General Electric the Washing Machine requested my presence down in the basement yesterday. Of course I went. You don’t mess with him; he’ll socknap your stockings and tear your shirts if you do. He can get pretty childish when the mood strikes him. What’s up, I asked him. He said: I wanted to keep you up to… Read More

Let the celebrations begin, there is less-than one week of the dumpster fire known as 2020 left on our calendar.  This past year has been a difficult one with everything from coronavirus to businesses closing, face masks, restrictions put in place about where we can eat and sit and the cancellation of sports. The death and… Read More

Christmas parade was a welcome addition To the Editor, Who thought of having a Christmas Parade? That was a great idea! At least I surely enjoyed it. After the Easter Parade, I was really surprised. I’ve never waved so much in my life. My arm hadn’t worked that much for a long time. Hopefully you’ll do it… Read More