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"I am still learning." - Michelangelo. -- Two neighbors in the Twin Cities were planning future locations as both were on the verge of retirement. They both agreed that they...

Gooseberry Falls, Victoria Falls and Niagara Falls are cataracts. So is Vernal Falls in Yosemite, where three hikers died recently. The Nile, however, has six major cataracts plus some lesser...

Soxtober. That was what we called this month in our family when I was growing up. My stepdad's much-younger sister was my age. She had called it Soxtober, which was...

World War II veteran Ken Dunlap of Bemidji was one of 105 veterans (ages 82-99) and 52 guardians participating in the Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., Sept. 20. Dunlap's son...

In the 1940s, you who lived then will remember the man who mysteriously delivered milk several times each week very early in the morning. The first thing we did when...

September is birthday month for a number of our family members. Although my sister and I are 12 years apart in age, our birthdays are just three days apart in...

It's the year 2001 and that's where I, Ann Daly, came in. Chuck Melberg invited me to serve on some kind of committee to help the Senior Center Board look...

When summer ended in our lutefisk ghetto in those post-war years, part of the yearly pattern found the summer people returning to the city. Among those fleeing our little burg...

Sometime in the late '70s, I was driving back to Bemidji from a meeting farther south, maybe at St. Cloud State. I was alone, and was listening to Minnesota Public...

He sauntered along the lake -tall, dark, lean - his body sleek and muscular. I had never seen him before and assumed he was the companion of summer neighbors, but...

The Paul Bunyan Senior Activity Center will hold its annual meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the Senior Center, located at 216 3rd St. in Bemidji. The Senior...

Box Car Day was a celebration each Labor Day weekend. We celebrate the beginnings of Tracy which resulted from the railroad industry. We loved going out to the railroad yard...

I cannot leave grade school until I share the story of our great gambling experiment. Bobby Burns, who later moved to Marshall (how could he do such a thing?) came...

In October 2010, I published a "My Day" column about experiences long before, on November 18, 2009. This "My Day" happened just last month. Wednesday, July 27, 2011, was special,...