Prime Time

Snowbirds, a.k.a. winter residents, flock to Southern states for the winter months and then come spring, like robins, fly back to their Northern nests. Wherever these travelers go in the...

I’ve done intensive birding when teaching ornithology at BSU, and occasionally with friends more into the hobby, but otherwise, I’m just a casual birder. Mostly I note sightings from my...

“Is that your cell phone ringing?’ “Maybe. Darn. Where is it?” “It stopped ringing. I’m not sure. Is it in the bedroom?” “No, not there. Oh, I think it’s in...

Let’s talk about hair. Long, straight hair. All of the young women newscasters on TV have it, and mostly they’re blondes. But there are a few brunettes. Now, I’m not...

I get several calls from seniors looking for help with shoveling snow, raking leaves, mowing lawn or wanting someone to check on them daily. Some don’t have the financial means...

When you are used to cooking for a whole family, especially if it consists of growing boys, you cook big pots of chili, stew, soup, and the like. But when...

The Bemidji United Methodist (BUMC) bulletin for Dec. 23, 2012, said Pastor Gay would be on vacation Dec. 30, and announced a substitute preacher for that Sunday. However, it occurred...

A Bemidji area audience was wonderfully entertained a few weeks ago by a well-known Minnesota vocalist named Prudence Johnson who, with her piano accompanist, put on an excellent two-hour show...

During my mid-December trip to the clinic in St. Paul, Stuart and Carol had company in their Minneapolis place, so I stayed at Natalie’s. She had planned a cross-country skiing...

You recall my column in last month’s Prime Time, don’t you? Of course you do. Then again, maybe not. As we age, our minds get more and more cluttered: people,...

“Hi! How ARE you? I haven’t seen you in AGES!” Conversations that open like this make me fearful. Sometimes they lead to fond reunions with people I haven’t seen in...

“I’m in dispersal, not acquisition.” I say this often as I explain why I’m giving away things that were once treasures. It comes with age. After all those years of...

It will be a different holiday season for us this year. Since last Christmas we have moved from our Grant Lake home of more than 40 years to an assisted...

You can take the girl out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the girl. How true. I couldn’t wait to get to the big city...