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April of 2017
I’ve been negligent again. When I developed this website I fully intended to ‘blog’ on a regular basis. Obviously, of late I have had ‘too many moving pieces’ in my life. Last fall I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, in December I had surgery, since …
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Merry Christmas
Well . . . I’m in Florida for a few months–but not before a good taste of northern Minnesota winter. Some say 18 inches of heavy, wet snow. Now, 2000 miles south and east, I’m in the Sunshine State. The trip down, however, was not …
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On Coming Together
It’s over! Like most of you I found the presidential campaign to be the most devisive and even painful experience in my lifetime. To many like myself, it was a decision on ‘the lesser of two evils’ . . . a sad commentary on American …
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Thanksgiving
In my mother’s heart, Thanksgiving was her favorite holiday, and a day that her four sons and their growing families never missed. Our Hoyt Lakes home always was a special place for all of us. I think that Mom’s spirit rubbed off on me. In …
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There is a Time . . .
I am following up my last post, “With Heavy Heart’ with a conclusion of sorts. That is, if conclusion is an appropriate way to describe my feelings of the moment. I am reminded of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 which be begins with the line “There is a …
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From the Heart
As many of you know, the protagonist in my last few novels is a priest. Father Mickey Moran has been my favorite of many creations. The surname ‘Moran’ might have been inspired by a priest friend (Father Patrick J. Moran) who served here at Blessed …
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Home Again
Saturday: 04/23/2016 Believe it or not, I left Naples (FL) at 5:00 am on Tuesday of this week and arrived back in Hibbing at 9:30 pm the following day. That’s 2082 miles in two days! By myself. What does that say about me? Crazy? O.C.D.? …
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News and Renews
Friends and readers, My tenth novel-The Sacred Seal-has sold well in my local market. That is most pleasing. To those of you who have purchased/read the story, I’m hopeful you found it suspenseful and surprised at the end. That’s what I a murder-mystery should do. …