Opinion
On the phone with my people
A balmy, even summery, fall in Minnesota and then suddenly snow fell and my aging homeowner pals back home are reconsidering their options.
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.
Quilt display, board games
The library is feeling very cozy as the Northern Lights Quilter’s Guild has displayed in our lobby for November and December.
West Fork Literary Society No. 3
The charismatic emblem of the West Fork of the Black River Literary Society is the owl an icon known for staying up all night.
OUR VIEWCelebrating service
Veterans Day Saturday is a day to celebrate the service of our men and women in our military branches.First celebrated as Armistice Day, to commemorate the end of Word War I, Nov.
In Minnesota’s Nature
Memory can’t recall when this fine city at once-grand rapids of dandy Mississippi, on The Edge of the Wilderness, adopted its community slogan: “GRAND RAPIDS---It’s In Minnesota’s Nature.” But we’ve liked it since day one in 1979, spending summer weeks then months at Bass Lake’s old Idaho Avenue cabin address, downsizing from Idaho’s Snake River and relocating to Grand Rapids as our newly adopted hometown in 2018—another in a series of impressive papermill towns since 1967.This family has always been tuned in to outdoor adventure, focusing on hunter-gatherer outings spiced with woods, waters, mountains and such.