Tomorrow I will reach a milestone. For twenty-four years I have represented Minnesota Public Radio in central Minnesota, western Minnesota and southwestern Minnesota as well as Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Sun Valley, Idaho. I love this job. In April of 1999, I was promoted to sales manager of the Xerox agency Albinson in Minneapolis. I […]
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Comments Off on October 27, 2023 I spent a lot of my youth in Upsala, Minnesota. There were “Farm Kids” and “Village Kids”. Some were “summer kids”. They were kids whose parent or parents grew up in Upsala and who were sent to Upsala to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa during the summer. Some stayed for a few weeks […]
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Comments Off on October 20, 2023 Today is Friday the 13th. The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, NC, reported that an estimated 17 to 21 million people in the United States are affected by a fear of this day. Some people are so paralyzed by fear that they avoid their normal routines in doing business on this day. […]
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Comments Off on October 13, 2023 Today is homecoming in Upsala. In my day the football team was the Upsala `Cardinals’, but some time ago Upsala football merged with Swanville and now it is the USA (Upsala Swanville Area) `Patriots’. If it were not raining and cold I would be there in my letterman’s jacket. In 1957 I was an overweight […]
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