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Remembering a Favorite Fourth, Looking Ahead 0 (0)

Many towns here in central Minnesota host fireworks displays on Independence Day, but not Sauk Centre. Fireworks and Family It’s not that the town disapproves of the Fourth of July, or fireworks, or loud noises: our big-deal midsummer celebration is … Continue reading

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A Vacation, Rain, Comic Books, and a Waterlogged Dad 5 (1)

I’ll have my oldest daughter tell most of this ‘family story’. That’s partly because this is shaping up to be a distracted week. The family was on one of our rare vacations. Our third-oldest daughter was old enough to remember … Continue reading

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What a Weekend! 0 (0)

First it was storms, now (I’m writing this Sunday evening) sincerely noticeable heat. And I see there’s a tornado watch on, northwest of us. Something I learned from that KSTP article — the “Eagle’s Healing Nest” is a metaphoric name, … Continue reading

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Good Night, Boots 0 (0)

I’m not sure when those photos were taken. or who took them. My folks and I were living at 818 10th Street South in Moorhead, Minnesota, at the time; which puts the date at around 1970. Could have been earlier, … Continue reading

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The Eagle, My Father, and the Warehouse 0 (0)

I remember when the Case building on NP (Northern Pacific) Avenue in Fargo looked the way it did in that photo. I’d better explain. I’m old, but I’m not that old. The F. O. E. (Fraternal Order of Eagles) parade … Continue reading

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