“Are you the one I’m waiting for?” A story from a set of immigrant grandparents goes like this: On the train from Ellis Island, New York, to Wisconsin a young man from rural Sweden met a young woman from the city of Stockholm. The question seemed to pop out of the young woman’s mouth: “Are you the one I’m waiting... READ MORE >
Bzzzz. My husband and I had a resort near Deer River for several years. We knew that hearing a buzz might mean mosquitoes, but it also might mean fish-flies. At times they would hang in tall columns, attracted by the one mercury vapor light at the resort, which was next to the launching ramp. Thousands of fishflies could be attracted;... READ MORE >
Have you seen the news reports about the bear in Ely that researchers are observing on video cam? Headlines in papers as far away as England (and probably beyond) have stated, “Hibernating bear gets video cam.” The bear, holed up in her den, ended up with a video cam installed by researchers so that they and the general public could... READ MORE >
“No greetings! It feels like that kind of day,” I thought. I’d gotten up early, it was fully dark; tasks were on my mind. My computer screen was all that gave light to the house. I read about Chile, Haiti, economy, our local schools. My Internet access is through Boreal, and on the home page there is a spot to... READ MORE >
Not long ago, I walked by a table of folks comparing qualities of different trucks for different types of use. Heading out the door, I heard one man say to the other, “Say, how’s that manifold holding up?” Engines, you see, pretty much need a manifold to run. If it is cracked, broken, busted—the engine dies and the driver is... READ MORE >
