Opinion
Winter taking its toll on all of us
Happy New Year everyone. Instead of new year resolutions, the question I have for all of you is, whose Christmas wish was more weather like we had just before Christmas? It came a little late for Christmas but it still came. Four days worth of it to be exact.
New Year’s Resolution: Find Out What You are Capable of
When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, some very low hanging fruit is ready to be picked. Lose a couple pounds, be nicer to people, increase income by 5%, all stand to provide benefits but is it enough?
Holiday Craziness
Hope everyone had a good and safe Christmas over the weekend. What a crazy few days all of us had with the weather. We have all heard of the famous Halloween blizzard of 1991, for those of you who were here for that Halloween what was it like compared to last week’s blizzard? On the National Weather Service page about the storm, there were pictures of cars being buried by the storm. People shared their stories from the three-day ordeal. One person said they had to wade through waist-deep snow.
A Friend Like No Other
On December 30th a friend of mine turns 85 and it would be hard to be in a position to commemorate the occasion… and fail to do so. Many know him, and surely he’s befriended many others, but his friendships is certainly unique among many I have blessed with.
Just Another Day, Unlike Any Other
We all have our days. People don’t talk much about their most average days but we certainly remember the worst days and the best days.
What a medallion story
The 2022 Winter Carnival’s medallion was found on Wednesday, December 13 by a group of friends. Their story is full of funny moments that only friends out looking for a medallion would have.
Different Reasons to Seek Out New Lessons
Having spent all, or portions of, five decades in the classroom the topic of learning is a daily focus for most of the year. School calendars only cover 170 days or so and compulsory education wraps up a dozen years after kindergarten. Then what?
Working together to help someone in need
People from two towns, St. James and Sleepy Eye, last week worked together via Facebook to help a veteran in need.
With Snow Comes Snow Emergencies
With it being December now, we continue to have the potential for more snow, and with that comes the possibility of a Snow Emergency being put into effect. It is important to get our city streets cleared from snow as soon as possible to prevent the buildup of snow and ice on the city streets. I would like to remind our citizens of the following regarding snow emergencies.
What it takes
In America, every four years the word “football” is surprisingly unclear. Americans know the word “football” to mean a sport played with an oblong ball and very little foot. In the rest of the world, the word “football” refers to a sport that is played almost exclusively with a foot. Hence the name of the sport. Why do Americans refer to this sport as soccer? Because the word football was already taken by a sport largely independent of the foot. Go figure.