Koochiching Connections
Old adventurer with long-term bride, sweetheart and best friend recently traveled North of Highway #2, via Highway #6, to Rainy River’s Kooch County for hobby-business… Login to continue reading Login…
Dick Nachbar
Earthly Ethics
Old adventurer here recently read “Mr. President—George Washington and the Making of the Nation’s Highest Office.” Harlow Giles Unger’s book delivered startling information on Washington’s… Login to continue reading Login…
Career Commute
Cake candles near 80, Planet Earth ride around Boss Star approaches same number and daily routine has a familiar feel—a commute of sorts. Cohasset Post… Login to continue reading Login…
Turkey Time
After mid-April it’s Spring “Turkey Time” for many outdoor folks. It began here in 1967 with first career move to Virginia’s Alleghany Highlands papermill, a… Login to continue reading Login…
Spring Sprung
Mother Nature finally confirmed what Northland paper calendars have been saying for a month when thermometers finally cracked 50 degrees and then pushed 70. Senior… Login to continue reading Login…
Good Gunsmoke
Old adventurer here remembers early TV years of ubiquitous weekly western programs. Old age with cable TV makes many early programs available once again; some seem better today.
Senior Services
NEARLY NORTH OF TWO Death bell rang twice, loudly and clearly in this senior camp during the past couple weeks. Hometown High School classmate's spouse and local longtime, close personal friend’s brother passed away.
Senior Sting
Majestic Pines, comprehensive senior living facility nearly North of Highway #2 at once-grand rapids of dandy Mississippi, is a fine, comfortable senior camp. Recently, a little tarnish may have dulled that label just a bit.
March mourning
Mid-March, St. Urho’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day have come and gone; however, our Winter season keeps hanging around as we look longingly for Spring. Low temperatures have not been extreme this year but snow depths could still set records before flooding threatens.
Columbia Connection
Local library recently produced a read of great interest to this old adventurer. “Northwest Passage—The Great Columbia River” by William Dietrich provides rich historical accounts of that region’s major waterway and many of its tributaries.