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In my humble opinion - by Deb Bently
SURPRISE! - Deb and her brother caught sight of an adolescent loon only feet from their boat at their cabin near Akeley. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
At my family’s cabin near Akeley, I sat up in surprise on Sunday morning. I wondered whether what I had just heard was the call of a loon, but I was searching in my head for what other bird or animal it might be. After all, the four loons who had spent the summer on the lake had already left...
Just breathe.
Deeply.
Close your eyes. Draw the air in through your nose and pull it all the way down inside you.
Feel your lungs expanding. Sense the extra oxygen reaching your brain, pushing its way in and somehow making it feel as if you are awakening–almost like fresh...
Walking or driving around, one pays little attention to small rises and falls in the landscape. In Waseca, I am aware the library is significantly lower than the courthouse and the downtown area. In New Richland, had I been asked, I could have described that the city park and Highway 30 past the...
I know where Waldo was last Saturday. As anyone who recognizes the allusion will expect, he was wearing a red and white striped shirt and hat and mingling among a large crowd of people dressed in every color imaginable and each carrying or wearing items that helped represent who they were and...
I wish to express my congratulations to the members of the Eustice family who organized and carried out the event at the fairgrounds last Saturday, Sept. 5. There really did seem to be “something for everyone,” in the community-focused way meant to memorialize who Don Eustice was and how he...
GREAT MINNESOTA GET-TOGETHER - Deb volunteered at the Education Minnesota booth at the Minnesota State Fair this year. It was her first time attending the state fair. Pioneer photos by Deb Bently
A couple months back, I decided to take a step outside my comfort zone: I signed up to volunteer at the Education Minnesota booth at the Minnesota State Fair.
You see, I have long harbored a deep dark secret: I had never before attended the state fair. Perhaps you remember my jokes about...
Someone called me “famous” the other day. It was meant as a compliment and I was grateful for the generous assessment, although I was so taken by surprise I stuttered somewhat as I expressed my thanks.
The exchange got me thinking, though. What are the criteria for “fame,” anyway?
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SAYING GOODBYE- Trinity Lutheran Church of Wilton, the church Deb has attended her whole life, is closing.
The church where my parents were married, where I was married, where my children were baptized and confirmed and where I taught Sunday School for more than 20 years, is closing.
The membership of Trinity Lutheran Church of Wilton is down to somewhere around 20 active members, and keeping...
BLENDED BEAUTY - There are three painted lady butterflies in this picture, but only one is readily visible. The other two have their wings closed and are blending in with the sand and pebbles of a gravel road. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
After a recent rain, there was a puddle at the end of my driveway. Now that the water has drained and evaporated, a patch of mud remains.
I cannot be unhappy about it, because hundreds of butterflies are using it as a place to get water. In numbers I believe I have never seen before, they...
I love the pieces of shaped glass that bend light and create rainbows.
One can never learn enough about light: It seems perfectly appropriate that God created it first.
Science tells us that even at its inconceivable speed of 186,000 miles per second, light takes a bit more than eight...
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