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Eating my Words

Do you ever find yourself eating your words, doing the very things that you have criticized in the past? I do. For one thing, there’s my condo, which I purchased when I was 27 and single, and where my...

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Goslings

In the past week, I have had my first sightings of the season’s goslings. I have seen four families of geese, all along Radio Station Road, on the stretch of road that bisects Foot Lake. The geese...

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Reminder of Newcomer Get-together

For those of you who missed it, or if you haven’t gotten around to reserving your spot yet, there will be a Willmar Newcomer get-together at Cafe Persepolis this Friday, the 11th, at 6:00 pm. So far,...

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Water Fun on Hot Days

It was hot on Thursday, a little too hot for my taste. Thinking back to my childhood days in California, I remember some stifling hot days in the summer, with temperatures getting into the 100′s. We...

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Black Bears

This weekend, there was something on TV about what to do and what not to do when you run into black bears. It reminded me of my run-in with two black bears while hiking the Appalachian Trail about 8...

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There’s a New Bakery in Town!

When I was running errands on Tuesday, my sweet tooth was kicking in. I was driving down 1st Street and wondering what gas station to stop in for a treat when, lo and behold, what did I see? A sign for...

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Willmar Schools, Diversity, and my Experiences as a Substitute Teacher

There was a recent article (OK, probably a month ago)  in the West Central Tribune about the status of Willmar’s elementary schools according to standardized tests. Our schools were among Minnesota’s...

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Feed Your Soul

Wow, it’s been a very long time since my last post. I halfway expected to be unable to bring my blog up. I thought it might have disappeared. In any case, I certainly didn’t mean for so much time to...

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What Willmar Needs

Ever since we lost the Kmart at the mall, I’ve been casually compiling a list of things that Willmar “needs.” It’s primarily a retail wish list, so there’s nothing deep, philisophical, or political...

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Grief Over a Pet

Stella Bella: Oh, how I love a cat named Stella.   I remember being nervous about taking home such a skittish kitten. Stella shared a cage with Skip at the Humane Society. Skip had me right from the...

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