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The hour of decision is at hand. Either I move forward boldly into the digital world or remain mired in 2011. Yes, it happens that fast. First, a confession: I...

I am just now starting to remember to write the date as 2012. It is a problem every year, for the first few weeks, to break the thoughtless habit of...

Did I go to the Bemidji Chorale's concert Last Mother's Day? I don't remember going; maybe I had a conflict. Anyway, I think their annual Christmas concert at First Lutheran...

With the mild temps and sunny days we've had over the past few months, it may be hard to believe that Christmas has come and gone already. However, spring is...

Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you. -- Hafiz of Persia It's 2012! Happy New Year! We clink glasses, hug...

The most feared man in town was, of all people, the depot-agent. Feared for reasons that then and later made no sense. Feared not because of his behavior or his...

I have many memories of old Tracy Lutheran as we called it. It was a high, white church with a bell tower and a steeple that reached into the heavens...

The very word December immediately brings thoughts of Christmas to our minds. It certainly tends to dominate not only our thinking but many of our actions during this early winter...

At 9:45 a.m. on the day before Thanksgiving, I reset the car's mpg indicator while moving up the western ramp onto the Highway 2/71 bypass. Sunshine was melting the frost...

For most people, the holiday season is a fun and exciting time of year filled with parties, celebrations and social gatherings with family and friends. However, once the season has...

The line was long with last-minute Christmas shoppers at Kmart. Checkers had put in long days already with tense shoppers and rushed purchases. Something was holding up the line I...