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February Fortunes

Calendars announce last week in January, 2024, joining thermometers announcing 40 degrees or more, just in time for genuine Minnesota northland “January Thaw” on the “Edge of the Wilderness” at once-grand rapids of dandy Mississippi.

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Pilgrims’ Progress

Almost exactly 400 years after Puritan Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock on Atlantic shore, daughter and spouse landed at old Idaho Avenue address on northland’s Bass Lake shore just North of Highway #2.

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Environmental Echoes

Death bell rang here just recently at passing of long-ago, old Boise Cascade’s Paper Group environmental team member, recalling “Environmental Echoes” sometimes including smoke and fire.This sanitary engineer’s first career stop began in 1967 at West Virginia Pulp & Paper’s Covington mill in Virginia’s Alleghany Highlands—mill long recognized as industry leader in managing environmental challenges.

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Phone fun

Old-timers sometimes wonder how to keep up with hi-tech when we remember hi-tech as crank telephones with central operators.

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Cash Concerts

Recent TV channel surfing discovered excellent Hibbing-Duluth PBS presentation, “The Johnny Cash Music Festival,” originally from 2011.

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Float Flyers

Periodically, single engine float planes are seen flying north and south of Highway #2 here at once-grand rapids of dandy Mississippi.

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Neat Networking

Eighty rides on Planet Earth circling Boss Star, including widespread corporate and outdoor adventures, have resulted in many respected friends and acquaintances across our land.

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