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Another Tuesday: Faustus, Focus, Prayer and Routine

Today’s been like most Tuesdays, apart from how it hasn’t been. I’m not always working on a “Dr. Faustus” post, for example. That took most of the afternoon. As usual, I didn’t get as much done as I’d hoped. Or … Continue reading

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Sunset, Nativity Scene, Freezing Fog and Frosted Trees

(The great convergence, probably behind those clouds. (December 22, 2020)) I could have put either of these two photos in an earlier post. But I didn’t. So here they are now. (Christmas lights: our kitty-corner neighbors. (December 22, 2020)) I … Continue reading

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Christmas, 2020: I’m Glad to Be Here

(My corner of small town America around noon, Christmas Eve.) It’s Christmas Eve afternoon here in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Weather, Wind Chill, Memory and Deciding Wednesday’s blizzard became a wind chill advisory, which has since retreated to lands north and … Continue reading

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Blizzard: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

(Wednesday noon, December 23, 2020; my webcam’s view of Sauk Centre’s south side.) Tuesday afternoon’s winter storm warning for my part of central Minnesota became a blizzard warning in the evening. We were promised a chance of freezing rain. But … Continue reading

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The Masked Minnesotan

I wear a face mask when I go to a store or church: or any place where I’ll be near other folks. I do so because the COVID-19 pandemic is still in progress. These days, wearing a mask in public … Continue reading

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