Category Archives: Quiet Thoughts

I know that it’s improper of me to place an entire copyrighted article in my personal blog. I’m hoping that the sharks at the Star Tribune won’t send me a nasty letter ordering me to remove it from this site. … Continue reading →

David Harper, Superhero. That has a nice ring to it. Harper’s secret power has nothing to do with super-human strength or an ability to fly or x-ray vision. He dons neither a cape nor mask. But he does save lives. … Continue reading →

Another Christmas day has come and gone. I’m sorry to say that it’s really just like any other day for me, except that I don’t have to work. And I can sit around home all day feeling sorry for myself. … Continue reading →

“Only rarely in our lives are we called upon to do great things. But every day of our lives we are called upon to do little things with great love.” – Mother Theresa This editorial from the California Political Review, … Continue reading →

The Star Tribune ran a story today that recounted the horror of the torpedoing of the S.S. Leopoldville by a German U-boat on Christmas Eve 1944. In the early morning hours of Dec. 24, 1944, more than 2,200 troops from … Continue reading →

I happened upon this frost-covered leaf in the shadows of the garden…

One-sixth of the town of Cass Lake, MN turned out today to bid a tearful farewell to Louie Bisson, a local resident who was beaten to death by two teens in a senseless act of violence. Legally blind since birth … Continue reading →