Happy 70th birthday to Digger O’Dell! (aka Dad)
Dad would have been 70 years old today. It always seemed appropriate that Dad had an April Fool’s birthday. In …
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The UM-Morris campus, past and present
In my previous post, I alluded to the fact that I was at UM-Morris, which had previously been an “ag …
The Minnesota ag school tour
Today I’m in Morris for the Prairie Gate Literary Festival. I’ve never been to this part of the state before–I …
The dark side of history: England
Leave it to me to visit a beautiful place only to come away wanting to know more about the dark …
The 2014 Minnesota Book Awards preview
Many people don’t realize this, but few states have anything like what we have in the Minnesota Book Awards. For …
Blog Tour: #MyWritingProcess
Today is my day on The Blog Tour, where writers and authors answer questions about their writing processes. Last week, …
Churches as graveyards
Not only are abbeys and cathedrals places of worship, but they are also in effect large cemeteries. These huge churches …
The Bath Abbey, England
I was here in Bath for almost a week before I stepped into the abbey. As with most European abbeys …
A collection of memorials, Bath, England
I’m drawn to all types of memorials, not just gravestones in cemeteries. Non-cemetery memorials say to me that someone thought …
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