Historic friendships
For many years, I’ve had a standing lunch appointment on the first Tuesday of each month with my former classmates. There is a core group of five women from the Cook County Class of ’75 that meet, although the invitation is open to all of our high school friends. When a classmate is home visiting, we try to get them to join us so we can get caught up on one another’s lives. Full Story
Supercomputer simulates how cat’s brain works.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.
My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret,
Intricately woven in the depths of the earth. (Psalm 139:14) Full Story
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago ·
Dec. 6, 1999 • Various members of organizations including the Grand Marais City Council, the Cook County Board of Commissioners, WTIP radio and WDSE Public Television of Duluth were present at a meeting on Nov. 29 to discuss the possibility of a brand-new tower on the hill overlooking Grand Marais. Full Story
Bright ideas for the holidays
Brighter side of aging
The snow this week has helped everyone to get into the holiday spirit. A Senior Center group really got into the spirit last Wednesday, with a trip to Duluth to enjoy the Bentleyville Light Tour at Bayfront Park. Full Story
Accident Prone
You may not know it to look at me but I am kind of a klutz. I have been accidentprone since early childhood. My earliest memory is being “accidentally” chunked in the eyebrow by a hatchet wielded by my younger brother. He was not being mean. He just had a bad aim and my head was in the way. Full Story
Don't miss Cinderella!
Cinderelly, Cinderelly, night and day it’s Cinderelly— and she’s coming to Grand Marais December 10-13! Grand Marais Playhouse presents Cinderella
as its annual holiday season children’s play this month and it is only 35 minutes long. What? 35 minutes? That’s the question I posed to Playhouse Director Sue Hennessy last week. Full Story
Vacation from the Trail
The unseasonable days of warm are officially over. Temperatures have been in the lower twenties after dark and peaking at just above freezing during the day. Very few lakes have been showing any significant ice yet, but the Cross River at the west end of Gunflint Lake is slowly building some frozen shorelines. A few people have said this is the latest they have seen open water in many years. Full Story
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