Who knew that growing up poor in the Midwest could be such an advantage! As a young person I quickly learned the value of hard work. That’s how I earned money for clothes and make-up and records (they came before cassettes and cds for any young people reading this column). I babysat and worked as a carhop at the root beer stand. Later I worked at the radio station. Having … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project A loving home
By Leah Himlie Imagine that there are two couples. One of the couples is pregnant without wanting to be. The other couple would die to have a child but is not able to. Instead of aborting, the pregnant couple is pressured into carrying the pregnancy to term and putting the child up for adoption. The other couple goes through all the legal steps needed to adopt a child. Their … [Read more...]
A little of this, A little of that.
Being housebound is Boring! I cleaned the junk drawer. I cleaned my closet! I dusted the bedroom. My husband fears for my sanity. Mother Nature is having a hissy-fit or a nervous breakdown. She is in a rut — brutal cold, blizzards, brutal cold, blizzards. You get the idea. I started listening to a Jimmy Buffet CD hoping to cheer myself up. It worked until we got to a … [Read more...]
Birth Announcement
Will Thomas-Racine Maland Will Thomas-Racine Maland was born January 24, 2019, at 9:37 p.m. to Tim and Alexandra Maland of Falcon Heights, Minn. Will weighed 7 lb and was 20 inches long. He was welcomed home by a sister, Fiona. Proud grandparents are Scott and Janet Ewalt of Harmony, Minn., Dick and Kay Smith or Florence, Wis., and Thomas Maland of Minneapolis. … [Read more...]
19-day relationship leads to love and a 50-year marriage
Bill and Sue Lark met for the first time outside of the laundromat in Stewartville in 1968. Sue’s sister had moved out and Sue was spending so much time on the phone with her that their mom asked her to cut back so the phone bill wouldn’t continue to be so high. Rather than calling her sister from home, Sue stopped into the laundromat to call her instead. When she came … [Read more...]