blog
-
THANKS TO SO MANY FOR A NOVEL DAY
Yesterday (Saturday) was something special for me and there are many thanks to pass along. First, the local Alpha Delta Kappa Society held its annual craft show at the Hibbing Armory with class and efficiency. Thanks to Ivy Hanson and all of the women who …
-
A HIDDEN JEWEL
For as long as I can remember I have been a history buff. My first teaching position in Hinckley was as an American History teacher and in my years at Hibbing High School, I taught numerous history classes. It wasn’t until the mid-eighties that my …
-
ATTACHMENTS
On Friday afternoon I sold my favorite ‘toy’; a 2002 dark blue Dodge Dakota pickup truck. I was in mint condition, low mileage, no rust, clean, and a smooth runner. In the six years I’ve had the truck it’s never been outside in Minnesota’s winters. …
-
AS THE YEARS FLY BY
I’ll begin and end this post with a quotation that fits the purpose of the words in between. “At best man is the noblest of animals, separated from law and justice he is the worst.” Aristotle Living on the Range I am one of the …
-
TREASURE FOUND
If you live up here in northeastern Minnesota I don’t have to remind you of the lousy weather we’ve has over the past several weeks–rain, frost, and this morning snow on the rooftops. And, more coming tonight. The weather-guessers say that the weak sun of …
-
FRIENDSHIPS
Yesterday I visited an old friend at Saint Mary’s in Duluth. Al DeLapointe and I go back to my earliest days in Hibbing-we were both social studies teachers and our two families blended nicely. Al had major surgery and, I know, a lot of prayers …