While our yard was the wettest and muddiest we have ever seen it last week, it has finally begun to dry out some (though there’s still a large...

It wasn't in the too-far-distant past that I recounted the thrilling saga of the squirrel wars. I decidedly won that war using my superior...

I have always loved reading The Old Farmers Almanac, from the long-range weather predictions to the gardening tips to the recipes and...

I usually associate Cherry bread with the holidays since that’s when I seem to have maraschino cherries on hand. I also use them at Easter because...

 I wonder if anyone has ever counted all of the different recipes that use crescent roll dough? I’m sure that it’s easily in the thousands and yet...

Sometimes the best part about holidays is leftovers. I love scalloped potatoes and ham more than I actually like the ham the first time around....

Our Easter service just ended, and I was at the back of the sanctuary so I could greet parishioners as they exited.I just finished saying, “Go in...

100 Years Ago  April 16, 1926The Let-Mother-Do-It Dad takes two people to bring up a boy. You get three guesses as to who they are. He is the man who always speaks of the...

100 Years Ago  April 9, 1926Very few people are quite sure in their own minds as to what part the hare plays in Eastertide. Several legendary stories connect the hare with...

The first record of the Brown family in Kittson County comes from the settling of Nils Gustaf Brown in 1880.Nils was born on February 22, 1843, in...

Ethan Thomas Gunnarson was born on June 14, 1989, in Grand Forks, ND, to Larry Gunnarson and Melissa Gunnarson (Green). He was raised in Halma, MN,...