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In my humble opinion - by Deb Bently
Deb “borrowed” teenagers (from left) Montgomery, Alex and Juniper Revermann for a trip to the cabin, and then insisted they had to visit the Mississippi headwaters at Lake Itasca.
I spent a few days this past week up at my family’s cabin near Akeley. With the warm high temperatures we’ve been experiencing, it was the perfect time to be “at the lake.”
Astoundingly, our thermometer in the lake claimed the water was about 83 degrees–although that was in shallower water...
Deb “borrowed” teenagers (from left) Montgomery, Alex and Juniper Revermann for a trip to the cabin, and then insisted they had to visit the Mississippi headwaters at Lake Itasca.
I spent a few days this past week up at my family’s cabin near Akeley. With the warm high temperatures we’ve been experiencing, it was the perfect time to be “at the lake.”
Astoundingly, our thermometer in the lake claimed the water was about 83 degrees–although that was in shallower water...
Deb finally witnessed a Monarch chrysalis this summer on a wooden support pole. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
My congratulations to the Waseca County Fair committee for a delightful five days filled with entertainment, education, networking, and fun–many of them all at once.
I spent more time at the fair in 2026 than I had in recent years–somehow it seemed I just couldn’t leave. Each time I thought...
I have just come back from my annual Fourth of July sojourn up north, where I get to ride on my husband’s coattails while he takes charge of a fireworks show for Veronen’s Resort located on Bad Medicine Lake about half an hour from Park Rapids. When guests there learn I am part of the fireworks...
As anyone who’s ever had to carry buckets full of it knows, water is heavy. Online sources inform me a gallon weighs about 8.3 pounds, which means someone with a classic five-gallon bucket is lifting somewhere around 40 pounds, depending on how close they’ve brought the water to the brim.
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SIGNS OF REPAIR - Signs like these, colored a reflective blue, appear at every railroad crossing. In speaking with people in the construction field, Deb learned hearing from drivers about the condition of a railroad crossing might help influence railroad companies to allow local agencies to make repairs. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
A while back, the newspaper was contacted by an area reader who wanted us to highlight the condition of area railroad crossings. His implication, of course, is that the crossings are rough, causing many drivers to go looking for the “best” path by swinging wide as they drive over the tracks...
BUFF-TIP MOTH - A moth like these ones latched itself to Deb's screen door one evening last week. About 1 inch long, it looked exactly like a small, broken stick.
I have been amazed by two insects over the past few days.
My first moment of amazement came from something that seemed to be a stick about an inch long. But somehow, this “stick” was clinging to the screen on my front door.
It was so convincing that, at one point, three members of my family...
I don’t necessarily take offense when people use coarse language in front of or around me. After all, from a surface perspective words are only sounds. I’ve shared before that the German word “Schlittenfahrt”– whatever it sounds like to a non-speaker, only means “sleigh ride.”
Since I am a...
MAGNIFICENT CREATURE - The elegant shape and distinctive yellow and black colors mean this butterfly is a swallowtail.
Though I did not capture them with a camera, a number of “pictures” from the last 7 to 10 days keep staying with me.
The first two descriptions I want to offer are alike, but different.
At a T-intersection of two gravel roads, I came to a stop and then made a right turn. My stop must...
COMING HOME - On May 22, a flag-draped casket holding navy pilot Thomas Ruth’s remains was loaded into a plane in Hawaii and flown to the Twin Cities.
“The creator worked this out just right,” commented one veteran. “To have this happening over the Memorial Day weekend.”
“This” is the return of navy pilot Thomas Ruth to his home town 85 years after he left. Ruth’s plane had crashed in an obscure jungle in enemy territory during a battle...
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