Chapter 10 Floyd was a tad nervous about checking his traps near the river where he had seen the big bear tracks so his dad offered to check them. Floyd’s advice to his dad was “it’s big, you better take a big gun,” he took a 30-40 Craig.
Ask Amy: Gal pals show their mean side Dear Amy: Recently I have been out with a couple of different “gal pals” who openly and loudly ridiculed people in public who were significantly overweight/obese. With several family members who fight weight problems, it really galls me.
Welcome May! I am so excited for this month. The weather is warmer, but not hot yet and usually not too much precipitation. It is also when I can really begin to read on our porch. It is enclosed and faces south, so it is usually a wonderful spot to bask in the sun and read.
A Day for Mother Mother’s Day is the one day a year when Mother gets to put her feet up and is waited on hand and foot by her minion. Father brings her an iced coffee, just the way she likes it.
Meet “Stella.” She is available for adoption thru Paws and Claws. She is suspected to be an Italian greyhound/ Chihuahua cross or Jack Russell terrier/chi cross, 6-years old, 10 pounds, shots are updated, and she is spayed.
Chapter 9 They were up Beaver House Creek; it fed Seward Lake. It was maybe 100 years earlier that the beaver had created it and the proof was a jackpine growing up in the middle of the beaver dam.
Check out our traveling exhibit from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Pollinators, “Bee Aware” emphasizes the importance of pollinators in our daily lives, their challenges to survival, and ways we can help them. Several interactive components provide fun opportunities to explore pollinators. It will be in the library lobby until May 20. A number of books and movies are also available to borrow about pollinators and their importance or ways to help pollinators.
Question: I spend a fair amount of time on the road and I see a lot of driver’s on their cell phones. What are you guys doing about it? Answer: Right now, to help change dangerous driving behaviors, law enforcement agencies statewide are participating in a distracted driving enforcement campaign April 1 - 30.
The world is moving at an unprecedented pace. We are often blitzed with information from every direction by the world and our interactions. The internet has brought the world and its turmoil into our personal space on a 24/7 cycle. Our brains are overstimulated and often overloaded. Our ancestors’ lives though fraught with hardships did not have the stresses of lives in perpetual movement. One has to wonder if the incessant quest to be moving, having somewhere to go or do is an avoidance tactic or a way to hide from pain and disappointment. I often wonder how children with nonstop schedules of activities and events are coping. People need down-time, time for rest, reflection, and peace. Overstimulated brains process slower, and memory is one area where it is appears first. I’ve read that chronic stress damages the brain.
