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Extra waste from the holiday season is a big problem in America. The average American throws away 25 percent more trash during the Thanksgiving to New Year’s holiday season, according to …
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By Chloe Peter
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12/1/22
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The Black community has struggled to keep up financially with White peers. Much of this can be attributed to a lack of access to financial services offered to the community. Nontraditional services …
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By Brett Buckner
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12/1/22
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The holidays are here. You know what that means. It's the most wonderful time of year. Or the worst. Depends on how you feel about Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. And what they represent.
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By Eric Ortiz
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12/1/22
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Another year is coming to an end, giving birth to a new one. What 2023 has in store is yet to be seen. A mystery like turning a page in a suspense novel yet to be written. This last year has not been …
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By Suzie Marty
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12/1/22
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“We’re playing all originals tonight,” said band leader Terry Walsh as he ripped into another of his audience’ favorites. “I mean, since we’re celebrating Dan …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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12/1/22
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As fall turns to winter, you may be looking at the bare, brown branches in your yard and wondering when to cut them back. Overall, the answer is not yet! But there’s lots to think about before …
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By LAUREN BETHKE,
Master Gardener
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11/30/22
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Each day since writing the last Stories and Journeys column, I have been checking the obituries in the newspapers I read. None of them are mine. So, here I go again.Before starting to write this …
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11/30/22
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It was the summer before my junior year at Hamline University in 1977. I had already been named the editor of the Hamline Oracle, Hamline’s student newspaper, for my junior year, and I decided …
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Denis Woulfe
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11/17/22
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It’s Monday the 7th, and I’m writing the first section of this column the day before The Election. I’ll write the second half on Nov. 9...
PART ONE
I’ve finally …
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Larry LaVercombe
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11/17/22
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Pain is a terrible thing. Whether it's physical, emotional, or mental — pain hurts. I was in a lot of pain for many years. It was my right ankle. The pain was chronic and had become so bad in …
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Eric Ortiz
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11/17/22
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As far as I can tell I haven't died. I am writing this column. The service will take place at Lakewood Cemetery, the site of my internment. Details to follow. The theme of the service will be coming …
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Donald L. Hammen
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11/17/22
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With the November and December holidays arriving soon, how do you intend to remain balanced and mentally, emotionally, and physically healthy? As a holistic health coach, this topic comes up often in …
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Michele Rae
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11/17/22
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The bus driver shortage is doing serious damage to Metro Transit service in southwest Minneapolis as elsewhere. Route 27 (26th/28th Streets between Hiawatha and I-35W) was suspended in October 2022, …
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by John Wilson
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11/17/22
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With all the trend diets that are popular in the media right now, it can be difficult to know where I stand when it comes to my own body image. I am bombarded by social media posts about if I just …
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Chloe Peter
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11/3/22
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I have always been a longform type of guy. I usually don’t bother with Twitter and stuff like that. I find life too complex, communication too subtle. Catch phrases serve political candidates …
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Eddie Glenn, East Harriet neighborhood
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11/3/22
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Did you know the Twin Cities have one of the top literary scenes in the United States? Not too many people associate Minneapolis and St. Paul with the avant-garde. But they are right up there with …
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Eric Ortiz
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11/3/22
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Minneapolis-based artist Mary Bacon highlights local landscape in her work, and has closely studied local flowers, trees, and parks. She is showing currently at Artacile Art Gallery in the …
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Suzie Marty
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11/3/22
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The most frequently asked question I get about real estate is some version of this: “Are we in a real estate bubble? When are prices going to start dropping in our …
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Larry LaVercombe
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11/3/22
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When in the course of human events...* Sometimes coincidence sparks a column. During the second week of October my volunteer work with the ACLU and attending a Guthrie Theater play coincided with …
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By SUSAN SCHAEFER
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11/1/22
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The cry of an animal in distress caught my attention one warm August morning. I hurried outside. Animal suffering mostly takes place behind closed doors, at factory farms and research labs, but the …
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By Kristen Olsen
Ericsson resident
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11/1/22
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