Opinion

Bare Bones Night. In the back alley of a community theater, Rob waits patiently until finally, from within, a skeleton, SCOTT, emerges.

It was a slab of plaster in a glass case at a gas station in northern California where I saw my first “proof” of the existence of a cryptid an animal that has been claimed to exist but never proven so. The casting was of a really big foot - BIGFOOT! Yessiree! - Sasquatch himself! Legendary cryptid beasts exist around the world, from Mongolian Death Worms to ‘Nessy’ to Mexico’s Chupacabra.

Each year, the newspaper publishes a cook book just in time for the holidays, and this year will be no exception. Of course, leading up to this, we discussed the publication and how we would collect the recipes. In the past, lots of recipes were sent in, and that’s what created the foundation of the cookbook. This year, we haven’t received that many.

Please be careful these next couple of months! While it seems like scams and schemes are everywhere, if you have Medicare it’s even more likely you’ll be targeted during the Open Enrollment Period. Advertisements, mailings, and pop-ups on the computer are designed to make you feel like you’re missing out on something whether it’s Medicare benefits you could be receiving or information on big changes happening with coverage.

What a beautiful weekend for the annual Meander Upper Minnesota River Art Crawl. Coolish temperatures in the high 60s with a light breeze. Just perfect for wandering around towns to different art studios. I recall some years when we were having gale force winds and low 50s.

Written by Becci ten Bensel, Executive Director and Women’s Rural Advocacy Program Staff WoMen’s Rural Advocacy Programs, Inc. (WRAP) 7 full-time staff and a handful of volunteers provided 553 individuals living in or around Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, and Yellow Medicine Counties experiencing domestic violence and/or trafficking with 19,475 free and confidential services during July 1st, 21 to June 30th, 22.

While trying to find ways to rescue my failed effort to make apple jelly, I came across several simple, but clever hacks that can be used to pull off some of our seasonal cooking projects. I’m sure many life-long prairie kitchen cooks already know these, but I thought I’d share them just the same.

My Daughter Friends have asked why I haven’t written about my four-year-old daughter. Some know me as a doting dad and conjectured that I was too deeply in love to make fun of her.