Her name is Sadie. She’s a Golden Retriever puppy, about 13 weeks old. But she’s already acting like a big girl. Therese and I became the proud parents of Sadie last Tuesday. At the time, she was known as Charley, the name given to her by a too-busy couple from Grand Forks Air Force Base who made the hard decision to …
Anyone who’s picked up a newspaper, watched the TV news channels or followed social media the past two days probably has seen or read the accounts of two more young black men who were shot and killed by policemen. The first was 37-year-old Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., who was shot and killed early Tuesday morning after police responded to …
There’s been a lot of joy in Mudville this past week. Let me clarify that. Minnesota Twins fans like me have a lot to be happy about these days. Our “Boys of Summer” share first place with the Kansas City Royals in the American League’s Central Division with a 28-18 record. They also are tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers for …
Growing up in the small northwestern Minnesota town of Crookston, I didn’t have very much interaction with minorities. In sixth grade, the only year I attended public school, Angela Mendez was in my class. I knew her older brother, Ruben, and a younger brother, Vincent. When I was in high school, one of my friends was Andy Villegas. Both the …
Have you ever had the lyrics of a song rolling around inside your head that you just can’t get rid of, no matter what you do? I think just about everyone of us has experienced that. I remember years ago, a co-worker of mine, Andy Braford, used to get absolutely flustered when another colleague of ours would sing or recite the lines …
National Heart Month, which is celebrated in February, has always held a special place in my heart, pardon the pun. If you guessed that I might have had a heart attack, you’re close. I suffered a stroke in November 1993. I was just 42 years old. I wondered how that could happen to me. But not for long. After chats …
Anyone who grew up in Grand Forks, or East Grand Forks, knows about Widman’s Candy Shop. It’s located on South Third Street on the west side of the Red River, just across the railroad tracks from the old Metropolitan Opera House, soon to be the site of Rhombus Guys’ microbrewery. But a lot people don’t know that’s not where Widman’s …