Opinion

Dear Amy: I am a 35-year-old professional woman, recently separated from my husband of nine years. Our marriage has been rife with volatility due to his uncontrollable anger and my tumultuous relationship with alcohol during our relationship.

Minnesota currently has a $9.25 billion budget surplus, a low state unemployment rate, and increasing corporate profits, all indicators the state has recovered strongly from some very challenging days during the low point of the pandemic. Still, significant difficulties remain for workers and families, especially costs that continue to rise. Minnesotans notice higher prices at the grocery store and at the gas pump daily, and are paying more for major expenses like health care, child care, and housing.

This old adventurer recently heard an old John Prine song once again on 91.7 FM--KAXE, our Northern Community Radio. This radio station is special, one-of-a kind, and when it beamed out Prine’s song it stirred respectful thoughts of appreciation for arts and crafts.

When I was a kid maybe 8 or 9 years old, I used to lay in the backseat of the family sta-tion wagon and look out the windows at the sky zooming by. In the foreground there would be telephone poles with wire strung out, seemingly moving with the car, oscillating up and down from pole to pole, dipping in-between. Repeating over and on to the next pole. It made for a rhythmic and graphic sensation, a facsimile of a modern cardiac monitor in a way.

Question: I’ve noticed you use the word “crash” and not the word “accident” when talking about incidents while on the radio. T.V.