Category Archives: Blog Archive

  The crowd was meager from the get go and didn’t change much over the course of time. Seven hours. Six books sold. Not a very productive way to spend a Saturday. I know. Even J.K. Rowling may have had … Continue reading →

OK. So the photo doesn’t exactly show how flat the terrain outside Ashley, ND is.  It shows a hill: A big mother of a hill that we climbed last week in search of pheasants. For the 6th year in a … Continue reading →

  Discernible snow on October 11th? I can’t remember, in my nearly 58 years of kicking about NE Minnesota, when there’s been appreciable snow on the ground this early. But, photos don’t lie and there you are! I’ll leave it … Continue reading →

Saturday. My son Jack and his U15 soccer team is starting playoffs and I’m going to miss the game. Not just as a parent but as one of the coaches. Before I agreed to coach the team with Tim and … Continue reading →

My wife was insistent. She was determined that we were going to take a road trip to view the colors. Complicating her Saturday desire was our 15 year old son. Jack was supposed to go with his church youth group … Continue reading →

Friday. I’m off work because, well, because I need a vacation. I’ve got plenty of vacation days left over from last year and darn it, I’m gonna use them! My intention is to motor on up to one of my … Continue reading →

The following story was one of four entries to the Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop Postcard Story Contest chosen for publication in Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop Magazine. The premise was to create a story, in less than 500 words, based upon … Continue reading →

In my self-taught, self-directed course, “How to Become a Novelist by age Sixty”, a class which has only one student, I’ve relied upon others to provide me with insight into the world of words and publishing. One of the resources … Continue reading →

Politicians. Farm animals. Vendors. Mounted police. Food. Music. Noise. Antique tractors. We saw and heard it all at the 2012 Great Minnesota Get Together. Rene’, Jack, and I drove down to the city of my birth, St. Paul, for a … Continue reading →

  I’ve written about blue moons before and explained that, in common parlance, the term is meant to apply to the second full moon in a month: a somewhat rare occurrence. Well, that’s not exactly accurate. According to both Wikipedia … Continue reading →