Now that we are in the holiday season, that is, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day, it’s probably time to, once again, make some comments on child holiday visitation or “parenting time.” Many children ...
Life is a gift. I celebrated turning 50 earlier this year. I have seen a great deal of change in the mere five decades I have been alive. My son, Alex, recently turned 30 and that made me feel my age. I cannot ...
To The Editor: We would like to share with you a heartwarming story that we experienced on Thanksgiving. We suddenly had no water Thanksgiving morning & were planning to host some friends for the holiday. W...
Letter To The Editor: The Postal Service is ready for another busy holiday season – projecting nearly 800 million packages to be delivered. And we could use your help! Please keep all snow and ice removed from ...
I issue the following statement regarding today’s (Thursday) report from Minnesota Management & Budget indicating that Minnesota has a $1.3 billion budget surplus projected for 2020-21. The state took $1.3 b...
Our never-ending Citizen-Tribune office party organizer, Mary Erickson Nehring, had the early list for our upcoming staff Christmas lunch. No. 1. Mary - Lutefisk. Others were supposed to follow with their menu ...
For me, Christmas has always been a time of joy and giving. I know it’s not the same for everyone, especially those who have lost love ones over the years. When I was a child, I couldn’t wait to wake up early Ch...
As we near the end of 2019, it’s not hard for me to look back on the year and see many, many delights — but unfortunately it was wrought with death and sadness too. Thanksgiving this year includes thanking the L...
Some of my brothers hunted deer when I was growing up. I considered the activity as a means to get out of milking cows, but the feeling passed when I realized I would need to skin and gut the deer. It didn’t see...
I like to travel to places I’ve never been before and this year we decided on Grand Canyon National Park. Walking up to the edge of this huge gorge cut into the earth I felt the familiar anticipation of seeing w...
