Opinion

If you know me, you also know that I am a dog person. We now have six. Four are rescues, and two were bought, but like all “children,” we love…

What are aquatic invasive species? At a basic level, aquatic invasive species (AIS) are things living in water that are not native to that location. Watch this short video with…

A story in the Star Tribune about a Grand Marais murder exhibits troubling journalistic judgment in my view, and the result victimizes Grand Marais. Here’s the headline and subhead, which…

April came and went, but it forgot to take the wind and cold weather with it. Will we ever get sun and nice weather to enjoy the outdoors? Birthdays, Bingo…

Here is another photo from Butch Schulte’s family scrapbooks. His sister Darlene Schulte is part of this young group of artists. The girls are holding the brushes; the boys are…

When I was little, I thought the Kentucky Derby was a bowler hat with a rounded crown and a narrow brim made in the Bluegrass State. No, no. The Kentucky…

Hopefully, summer will soon be here, and the thought of sunshine, gardens, and flowers is on my mind. I received some sunflower seeds from a dear friend, so I have…

Sadly, our weeks in Turkey are coming to a close. I’ve been amazed to find Turkish words and verb tenses bubbling up from the nether reaches of my brain. Turkish…