Cloudy Days And Chocolate
November is typically one of the cloudiest months in Minnesota. Sometimes there’s snow, too. But not this year, so far. I don’t know why, but I’ve always liked cloudy days and the way the wooded landscape l...
Editorials
To The Editor
On this holiday weekend give thanks to our local police. They provide our community with safety, law and order. When people have an emergency, the police are quick to help. Last Friday my business was burglari...
Letter To The Editor
With sadness, I and others learned on Thursday that Sen. Al Franken is but the latest public figure to find his career and reputation destroyed by the disclosure of an incident of inappropriate sexual behavior. ...
Paint Nite Was A Blast
Have you ever done one of those “Wine and Canvas” events? Terri and I (and another couple) experienced it for the first time Saturday afternoon and came home with two masterpieces — well, not really masterpieces...
To The Editor
It saddens me to announce that due to recent health issues, Clearwater Lights will be dark this Holiday season. Sharon and I appreciate the enthusiasm, the love, and loyal support so many have shown us. This w...
To The Editor
You can protest policies, the current government, or anything else you choose, that is your right. But when you protest our flag and anthem, you are insulting the nation we all live in and love, and all those wh...
Lots Of People To Be Thankful For
We will sit down with friends and family to a wonderful Thanksgiving gathering Thursday. We will eat too much and be drowsy for some of the day. But there is something that goes with Thanksgiving we can’t get to...
Carrying On Family Traditions
My family comes from a long line of cooks and bakers. My mom was blessed with the gift of hospitality, which she learned from her mother and Grandma (Gilyard). It has always brought my mother great joy to prepar...
To The Editor
Veteran’s Day used to be a day that many took the day off to visit the gravesite of veterans of days past or even to visit friends that were hospitalized in V.A. hospitals. But this coming Veteran’s Day as we ...
The Reality Of Addiction
All you need to do to hear about our society’s addiction problem is turn on the TV or pick up a newspaper. Opioid addiction is spreading so rapidly it’s being called an epidemic. The Centers for Disease Control ...
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