My Columns From the Republican Eagle

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...

The View from a Bike is Worth a Thousand Miles

October 8, 2023
I’ve nearly done it – another 1,000-mile season...

Blending the Good and Bad of Smoothies 

September 23, 2023
There were drips of yogurt and a couple...

The Words We Used Were Both Gross and Cool

September 9, 2023
Recently I heard someone say that something was...

Don’t Bluff When Defining What They Are

August 26, 2023
We live in bluff country. But you knew...

We Dream, Scheme and Scream for Ice Cream

August 12, 2023
If there’s one thing in this world that...

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