Selling home, sweet home
My brothers and I gathered on our computer screens via Zoom a couple of weeks ago to begin the arduous task of deciding what to do with our 350-acre farm in Minnesota.
Sticks in a parking lot: life goes on for AK gulls
The saga of seagulls unabashedly laying eggs and raising their chicks in a TV station parking lot in Anchorage, Alaska, recently caught my interest when my daughter Heather started retweeting posts from her former colleague Nick Swann.
Hometown history had an English twist
My little hometown of Hawley, Minnesota, has begun the planning for its sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) in 2022, and there’s already buzz on social media about the celebration.
Swing your partner round and round…
Square dancing was a rite of passage in middle school.
How to cook a squirrel
During my 26-plus years at the Daily Inter Lake, I’ve gotten a lot of unusual calls from Flathead folks on a number of topics.
Ironing out life’s wrinkles
I'll never get used to wrinkles, even as a fashion statement.
A slice of Finland in my genetic pie
I have long been intrigued by ancestral heritage, the DNA melting pot that has made us who we are.
Hometown pride abounds in virtual happy place
When life gets hard we tend to seek out those happy places that give us comfort and take us away from the day’s toil.
A woodworker’s passion is rekindled
The first thing my husband Tim made for me from wood 40 years ago was a name plate for my desk.
17 million words (or so): that’s all she wrote
Well, dear folks, the time has come for me to put down my pen — back away from the computer is more like it — and head into retirement.
