09/04/2008 12:00 AM In Cloquet Sunday and Monday, hundreds of residents and visitors celebrated the Labor Day holiday in high style. The festivities included fireworks, a free picnic lunch, a classic car show and saving the best for last here – a parade.
09/04/2008 12:00 AM According to classical Chinese thought, the concept of yin and yang describes two opposing, and at the same time complementary, aspects of one phenomenon.
09/04/2008 12:00 AM I have had e-mails from people who wonder if my home is as chaotic as I make it sound in my column. We have our calm and angry moments like every family, but I try to focus on the funny side of life, because if we can’t laugh about it, we’d all have pretty miserable lives.
08/28/2008 12:00 AM How many of us have gone on a diet, only to sneak a bagful of Cheetos at midnight, thinking it doesn’t “count” since no one else is watching? Or have you ever grabbed a few secretive puffs on a cigarette out at the hunting shack, despite the fact you’ve pledged to your wife you’ve quit?
08/28/2008 12:00 AM My husband is like any other man with a lick of testosterone. He would rather see a movie with violent explosions or be scared out of his pants by some horror flick than be subjected to a romance or a musical. But he is different in some ways, too.
08/28/2008 12:00 AM Until yesterday, I didn’t know tree frogs existed in places like Minnesota. I thought they were some Rainforest phenomenon: exotic, unusual and living only near the equator. I have a lot to learn.
08/21/2008 12:00 AM It’s small, it’s burning hot and yet when it’s time to discard it, most people pay it too little mind. It’s the cigarette butt and it’s time it got a little notice.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM At the risk of overkill, last week’s 50th anniversary celebration of the Frank Lloyd Wright gas station in Cloquet bears one last mention – not simply because of its success, or even its tremendous turnout, but because it represented what a community celebration should be all about – the people of the community working together for the common good.
What started out as the inspiration of a handful of folks, including some of us from the Pine Journal, soon turned into an effort on behalf of the entire community, and for that, we thank you.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM My baby is only one week old. In fact, it only has a few hundred miles on it. When we drove it off the lot, the odometer said “1.” It’s still brand-spanking new.
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