My Columns From the Republican Eagle

Overwhelmed by the Music We Once Couldn’t Get

March 23, 2024
I enjoy music as much as the next...

Looming Threats Require Our Full Attention

March 9, 2024
I joined the other patients in the clinic...

Youthful Memories of an Evolving Downtown

February 25, 2024
There were no parking spots near the Farmer...

“Security” Overused in Our Unsecured World

February 10, 2024
Have you noticed the use of the word...

Senior Transition Brings a Dose of Reality 

January 27, 2024
Senior life is great, until it isn’t. That...

The Vexing Ways of Vexillologists

January 13, 2024
We have a new Minnesota state flag. Maybe....

A Tortuous 2023 Portends an Epic 2024 

December 30, 2023
The end is near. The end of 2023,...

Reminisce With Your Bookcases This Christmas

December 16, 2023
A cable channel was showing the same movie...

The Best Sounds You’ve Never Heard

December 2, 2023
The elderly man at the Charleston train station...

We Harvest Abundantly More Than Food 

November 18, 2023
A drive through the countryside in November can...

This Senior Homecoming Had Much to Celebrate

November 4, 2023
The volume of a large group of senior...

Turning on the Heat Is Cold Comfort Living Here

October 22, 2023
I turned on the furnace a couple weeks...

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