January 28, 2025 Highland District Council 2 min read Columns, Highland District Council

Highland District Council February 2025

Calling all home improvement businesses The Home Improvement Workshop Day returns on Saturday, March 8, 2025 from 9 a.m. –

January 28, 2025 West 7th Library 1 min read Columns, West 7th Library

Celebrate Black History Month: African Americans and Labor with St. Paul Public Library

This February, St. Paul Public Library invites the community to honor Black History Month with a signature event, “Doc-N-Dine &

December 26, 2024 Beatrice Cosgrove 2 min read Bea's Books, Columns

Setting My 2025 Reading Goals

As 2024 draws to a close, I am reflecting on unrealistic expectations and my attempts to address them. For as long as I can remember I have set my sights on goals that weren’t always achievable and almost never led to growth. It has been difficult to learn that starting small is the way to go, but slowly I have begun to discover that I am disappointed less and often find opportunities to achieve those bigger goals that were simply too much. I would like to share some of the things I have learned in this past year in the context of setting reading goals in 2025.

December 26, 2024 Julie Borgerding July 2 min read Columns

Plastic In Land and Air

In part six of her series on plastics, Julie Borgerding July talks about the prevalence of plastics in everything we

December 26, 2024 Tim Rumsey 5 min read Columns, Notebook Recollections

A 1950s Gentleman-Type Doctor Exchange

I asked real estate sale guru-friend Steve Sprafka if he had any famous clients or notable sales recently.

“Eric Clapton bought two 1969 Fender twin reverb amps last year. He calls me sometimes.”

November 28, 2024 Tim Johnson 2 min read Columns

Winter’s Gifts

Building Community The snow blower is ready to go. It is possible; of course, we will have another poor excuse

November 28, 2024 Julie Borgerding July 2 min read Columns

How plastics affect water

In part five of her series on plastics, Julie Borgerding July talks about the long- and short-term effects of plastic

November 1, 2024 Tim Johnson 4 min read Columns

Creating A Picture of Hope

Building Community The mural on the wall was a fair representation of what the young people who accompanied me to

November 1, 2024 Beatrice Cosgrove 2 min read Columns

“Righting the Mother Tongue” is an Eye-Opening Look at English Language

Have you ever thought about the English language? The language you speak, read and write? If you haven’t, “Righting the Mother Tongue: From Old English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling” will move you along said thinking journey at an astonishing pace!