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A home should be a peaceful sanctuary for its inhabitants, a quiet place of comfort and solitude. But when you live in the country, sometimes your abode is sought after by critters other than …
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By Chris Hardie
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3/1/23
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Over the years since we moved to River Falls a quarter century ago, I thought I had pretty much given up on the power of the press as the nay sayers predict its imminent decline. And I had reason. …
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By Dave Wood
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2/21/23
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BY DAVE WOOD Our boarding house, Part II Last week, I introduced my grandparents’ boarding house, where I spent a healthy swatch of my childhood and learned some important precepts of living …
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By Dave Wood
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2/14/23
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WOODWORKING Again BY DAVE WOOD A fruitful harvest Come, ye thankful people, come Raise the song of harvest home; All is safely gathered in, Ere the winter storms begin. ~ Henry Alford [1844] …
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By Dave Wood
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11/1/22
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A broken promise Pierce County Journal readers seem to get a charge out of my use of the alphabet whenever I refer to my wife as the “B.W.,” which stands for “Beautiful Wife.” Or at least …
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By Dave Wood
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10/4/22
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WOODWORKING Again Whan that Aprille with its showers sweet The drouth of Marche hath pierced to the roote, And bathed every vine in such licour, Of which pow’r engendered is the flowr …
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By Dave Wood
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9/27/22
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BY DAVE WOOD Out of the mouths of elders Recently I’ve been going over some notes I took years ago in preparation for a book I was writing about my great-grandad’s 60 years of diary keeping. I …
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By Dave Wood
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9/20/22
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WOODWORKING Again BY DAVE WOOD Funny how events come back to bite you in the butt. Years ago, a week after I graduated from high school, I was drinking a cup of coffee at my parents’ cafe when …
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By Dave Wood
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9/13/22
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WOODWORKING Again BY DAVE WOOD A year or so back I wrote about my first day at Larkin Valley School, back in 1942. Boy-oh -boy, am I ever glad that’s over! No, I never had the knack for school. Not …
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By Dave Wood
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9/6/22
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WOODWORKING Again Back in the day, my journalistic hero was a fellow named Will Jones, who wrote a column for years that appeared in the Minneapolis Tribune called “After Last Night,” a …
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By Dave Wood
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8/30/22
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BY DAVE WOOD What became of Cap Evans? Last Friday one of the fastest baseball games ever played here, the nationally known Gilkerson’s Union Giants and Whitehall played to a 10-inning scoreless …
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By Dave Wood
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8/23/22
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BY DAVE WOOD Editors’ shenanigans It must have been fun back in the good old days running a small-town paper when reve- nue was substantial and no ethics watchdog was looking over your shoulder to …
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By Dave Wood
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8/16/22
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BY DAVE WOOD Loony idea in a loony world I’ve heard some pretty loony ideas proposed in my long life here on what’s left of earth, but a “country club’” in River Falls for racing …
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By Dave Wood
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8/9/22
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BY DAVE WOOD Stein deserves her day in July July seems to be full of days for significant observances, some of which I’m sure you’ve happily celebrated, such as National Ginger Snap Day (July 1), …
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By Dave Wood
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8/2/22
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BY DAVE WOOD Long ago poem relevant today Time flies when you’re having fun. I’m not having so much fun these days, but time flew anyway and somehow I didn’t get a chance to write a …
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By Dave Wood
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7/26/22
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BY DAVE WOOD Civility is still lacking To: Harold Wood, my father, Somewhere Up There (I hope) From: His son Dave Regarding: Civility Dear Dad: I know you never gave a hoot about our family tree, but …
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By Dave Wood
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7/19/22
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BY DAVE WOOD Sandwiches by state I’ve recently perused a sample copy of the “new” Reader’s Digest sent to me by its publisher and, like the old grey mare, she ain’t what she used to be. …
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By Dave Wood
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7/12/22
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BY DAVE WOOD The authors that inspire It’s not unnatural for readers to ask me, a onetime book reviewer, to mention a book or two or an author who has influenced my life. Good question, reader. I …
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By Dave Wood
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7/5/22
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WOODWORKING BY DAVE WOOD Our own Poet Laureate It’s fashionable these days for towns large and small to name a Poet Laureate. That all started back in Merrie Olde England when kings and officials …
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By Dave Wood
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6/14/22
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