What this country has been needing, needs, will continue to need: ogichidaa.

Our times
And: In memoriam

Thursday email from Kathy S. of St. Paul: “William Kent Krueger writes books set in Minnesota. Most of them follow the character Cork (Corcoran) O’Connor, who is part Ojibwe and part Irish. Ojibwe words sometimes appear in the stories.

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Have a (cold, cold) heart!

The vision thing
Frost Division

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Mounds View Swede writes: “Jack Frost, artist extraordinaire, wishes all the Bulletin Board readers a Happy Valentine’s Day!”

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Finally! A Sure Cure for the Winter Blues.

Life as we know it
Winter Blues Division — or: It happens every “spring”!

Ramblin’ Rose: “Subject: A Sure Cure for the Winter Blues.

“Pitchers and catchers report February 13th.

“Finally!

“Go, Twins!”

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Where did that mother of yours get her driver’s license? Kmart?

The Permanent Daughter-in-Lawly Record

Bright As Day reports “The Mailbox Incident”: “Meeting my father-in-law for the first time was a humiliating experience. Continue reading “Where did that mother of yours get her driver’s license? Kmart?”

How to battle the midwinter blues: shop projects, cheerful music, writing poetry . . . and steering clear of the “dark past”!

Life as we know it
Including: There’s nothin’ like a simile! And: Everyone’s a (literary) critic! (responsorial)

IGHGrampa: “Subject: Post-Season Blues.

“Like Tim Torkildson [BB, 2/5/2018], I often find myself fighting off the post-holidays blues.

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