Monday, December 12, 2022

The Opening Idea in Thomas Merton's Opening the Bible

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"What kind of book is this?" Such a question cannot be answered without taking into account the very peculiar claims that have bee...
Sunday, December 11, 2022

Duluth should do more to recognize its most famous native son

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 Op-ed page of this weekend's Duluth News Tribune Easier to read version is online  here at the Duluth News Tribune
Saturday, December 10, 2022

Ranking Bob Dylan Album Covers and More, with Dylan on my Mind

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Dylan on my mind.   Click to enlarge. This is a "chart" that I saw on Reddit. Seems like quite a while since I saw a list of favor...
Friday, December 9, 2022

How Loni Blumerich Started Frosty Ridge Alpacas

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Imagine. You are recently divorced, over 50 years old with four kids, working in the non-profit sector for $13 an hour, and you suddenly rec...
Thursday, December 8, 2022

December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died

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"Grief is the response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or some living thing that has died, to which a bond or affection wa...
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

81 Years Ago Today: The Attack on Pearl Harbor

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“and if any conclusion was reached, it was that there are no simple lessons in history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not his...
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Oxford's Word of the Year and My Own New Word: Naptural

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Seaside, Florida (Photo: Gary Firstenberg Well, it's getting to be that time again. Pretty soon Time Magazine will announce a Person of ...