Cyber Christmas secrets
I just finished packing for our family’s trip over Thanksgiving. We are very excited about the trip to see Chuck’s family in Indianapolis. We’ve made the trek to Indiana for Thanksgiving several times. It’s a perfect time of year to visit Indiana. We avoid our southern relatives in the hot and muggy spring and summer. Full Story
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? Family, health, food, friends, a job? Counting our blessings is good, but an attitude of thankfulness/ gratitude can propel us way deeper, providing us with a profound perspective to last long beyond Thanksgiving Day. Full Story
Historical Reflections
Preserving the wilderness
Fourteen miles up the Caribou Trail is Tait Lake. The roads around the lake, Cap’s Trail and Billie’s Trail, were named for my aunt and uncle Mathilde “Billie” Petersen and Martin “Cap” Petersen. They once owned the land upon which today’s Tait Lake residents have built their homes. Full Story
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGO ยท
NOV. 29, 1999 • Someday in 2000 a 911 call will be taken at the Cook County Sheriff ’s Department and a dispatcher will be able to “see” exactly where that call is coming from. The technology that will make that possible was approved for purchase last week by the county commissioners. Full Story
Two local projects win IRR grants
Two Cook County projects are among 14 grant award winners selected by Iron Range Resources for next year’s Culture and Tourism grants. Full Story
Not seeing eye to eye
My eyes have been opened to new truths recently.
I have discovered why people hold pieces of paper at arm’s length when they’re trying to read.
I have learned why people put their glasses on the end of their noses and peer out over them.
These are frightening discoveries, because they mean that I am now one of them.
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Herring Tales
In September 1969, Dick and I
began our year on Tucker Lake.
Our cabin had neither road
access nor amenities. This is
one of many stories about our
lives during that special year.
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Road Trips
Thefoggy nights have made driving next to impossible. Last night, while returning from Des Moines, Iowa my wife and I could barely see the front of the car in some areas. If there was a dip in the highway at all we drove into a wall of fog. I have to admit it was a bit frightening. Of course driving for nine hours did not help, but it was a white knuckle experience for sure. Full Story
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