Snowbanks and Rink Ranks
Table of Contents “One day, you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do
Reunions Revisited
July 2019 During an 1,100-mile drive home the day after a class reunion, you have a lot of time to think. On Sunday, I
Mayberry, Colorado
It’s a smaller world than I thought. During my three decades away from Minnesota, I’ve developed a moral obligation to visit with everyone I
North Shore Hockey – Greatest Assist of 2023
Naturally, I found something to love on Valentine’s Day during my six-hour round trip from Duluth to International Falls to watch a high school
48 Hours: Crimson Tide, Civil Rights and a Football Legend
November 5, 2021 The workweek was over. Plans for the weekend were floating in my head but nothing solidified. Within 48 hours, I would
One Dog’s Mission: Accomplished
In December of 2017, a small brown-and-white dog resisted entry into a pet adoption meet-and-greet at a large pet supplies store in the Dallas
When I Grow Up
Up, old, be, do. Perhaps never in the history of humanity has a story opened with those four words. During my pre-teen years—perhaps before
Art Done Rite
I spent a lifetime ignoring art until I couldn’t. DaVinci’s masterpiece did nothing for me. The work of lesser known, Glenna Goodacre, stopped me
An “Up North” Treasure
Amid a half-century of athletics involvement in Two Harbors, Minnesota, he never scored a touchdown on the gridiron, a goal on the ice, or
My Newspaper Route-Minnesota to Texas
December, 1970 A 10-year old boy with a pencil, single piece of paper, and a lot of nerve walked down 6th street in Two
The Road to the Barn: Story of the 1971 THHS Basketball Team
Table of Contents Minneapolis: Wednesday, March 24, 1971, 3:35 PM The house-lights inside Williams Arena were dimmed. Long-time public address announcer Jules Perlt’s voice
Emergence: Girls Sports at Two Harbors High School
Table of Contents AUTHOR’S NOTE: One of the very few things I learned while studying Journalism at the University of Minnesota-Duluth was to minimize
Trespassing at Cameron Indoor Stadium-Duke University
September 15, 2006 This has been a great year. A cross country road trip from Denver to New York City and back via Memphis.
Divine Intervention – Crossing Paths With Jerry Kramer
January 31, 2020 This was going to be a Facebook-free trip. I’m sure more than a few folks are tired of my “hey, look
The Boys of Leatherbrook
“Going to the state tourneys was quite an experience. We were a bunch of naive kids from a mining town, with barely a collared shirt in our closets. Many of our opponents were country club kids. We didn’t really fit in but we stuck together and played our best. Sometimes, our best was pretty good, relative to the competition.”