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CONFESSIONS OF A (FORMER) FAT GIRL When one door closes, another one opens
I am going to share with you, my dear readers, my last column for the newspaper, which is in today's issue, February 11. Enjoy. Here it is: As I sat down to my computer, fingers poised upon my keybo...
Posted on 2/11/11 at 6:02 AM
Days Gone By (Feb. 2)
By Pat Hunter, Archivist , February 02, 2012
Wood Working: Odd history creates blessed beginnings and joyful endings
On Christmas Day the Beautiful Wife and I were traveling through Minneapolis when she proposed: “Let’s go to church at Trinity Congregation.”
By Dave Wood, columnist , February 01, 2012
Days Gone By (Jan. 26)
By Pat Hunter, Archivist , January 26, 2012
Night spots ‘up north’ have their own ways, history and name
Our niece Zara Pirsig spent a recent holiday with us, coming all the way from Carmel, Calif., to partake in the cultural attractions of Pierce and St. Croix Counties.
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 26, 2012
Arts Minded: Music is the heart of a community
Black Gospel music has, for centuries, been a religious expression for black Americans, but it has been much more for them and for the rest of us.
For those who originated this music out of their various American and African experiences, it had multiple uses.
By Sue Beckham, arts columnist , January 26, 2012
Book Report: About those book covers…
I was told years ago by my English teacher Sara Keeler that one should never judge a book by its cover, but I couldn’t resist the wrapping of Minnesota author Carla Hagen’s new book from North Star Press of St. Cloud, “Hand Me Down My Walking Cane.”
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 26, 2012
Days Gone By (Jan. 19) 
By Pat Hunter, Archivist , January 21, 2012
Book Report: Try authors with an edgy twist
I’ve been a big fan of female humorists for years, starting from the days when I first read about Dorothy Parker and her antics at the Algonquin Hotel. That’s where she parried with the male wits like Alexander Woolcott and Robert Benchley to great acclaim.
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 20, 2012
Wild Side: Observing biodiversity
It’s been easy to walk outside in this wimpy winter. One of our favorite pastimes is hiking through the woods reading the story told by animal tracks in the snow and looking at the trees.
By Dan Wilcox, Outdoor Columnist , January 20, 2012
Wood Working: In Povertyville, who can afford to be a fat cat?
Just before the Christmas selling season, I read in the Star Tribune that Saks Fifth Avenue was doing just fine selling high-ticket items without benefit of discounts.
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 18, 2012
Days Gone By (Jan. 12)
By Pat Hunter, Archivist , January 14, 2012
Artsminded: Winter arts scene is vibrant
Wondering how to pass the winter now that New Year festivities are but a blurred memory?
By Phyllis Goldin, columnist , January 13, 2012
Woodworking: Ski yumping? Take a flying leap in support of public works projects
There’s lots of talk these days about repairing the nation’s infrastructure and giving folks jobs.
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 12, 2012
Wood Working: What’s old wheels back again as new
I recently read in the New Yorker an ad that announced that the Fiat 500 will be sold again in the United States.
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 05, 2012
Artwork: Think OUTSIDE the box
Now, in the brief span between 2011 and 2012, a matter of days, really, is the time we get over the hump of Christmas and prepare for the new year.
If we are guests, we go home.
By Sue Beckham , December 30, 2011
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