EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....

This isn't a story raving about our legendary meal at a legendary Omaha steakhouse. This is a story about our witnessing of a legendary...

EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2017 I began a new venture as a synodically authorized minister at Faith Lutheran Church in Wolverton, Minn....

My mother drilled into us the old adage that if you don't have something nice to say ... well, you know the rest. So, I'll do my best to...

So using the word "magic" in the product brand might be a bit of hyperbole, but the relatively new Lay's "India's Magic Masala" does...

For those of us who grew up in small towns in the Upper Midwest during a certain age, the term "supper club" evokes a certain memory. You...

My sweet Mama drilled into me as a child that if I didn't have anything nice to say ... then, well, I shouldn't say anything at all. But...

I'm not entirely sure why National Coffee Day isn't a holiday. I see my social media channels flooded with photos of sons and daughters...

About once a week, I get take out at our favorite downtown restaurant. Fortunately for us, our downtown food scene is growing up, and one...

Lois Elaine will give you the entire historical overview of the Lake Alice area if you are inclined and have the time. ... I'm certain of...

The Hungry Duck Restaurant is kind of a misnomer for a place that you will absolutely, in no way, ever leave hungry. The Hungry Duck has...

If you pressed me to tell you my most favorite Minnesota town, it'd be a toss up between my spiritual home in Bemidji, where I grew into...

First and foremost, JL Beers is a burger place. ... A dang ... good ... burger place. But, it's also a cool local business story for...

In late February this year, I spent the last days of what would be a lingering late winter month for us here in Minnesota in Raleigh,...

Last year was a hectic travel season for work, with me being gone on average two weeks a month trying to get a new media start-up company...

Yesterday we returned to Anderson Lake, where our canoeing adventures began together. This was the first lake that we ever put "Unit 1"...

In February, a colleague of mine, Adrian, and I had the chance to represent our start-up media company at one of the largest newspaper...

I've only been lucky to travel to the South a handful of times in my life, once to Atlanta and once to Hunstville, Alabama, both in my...

Shelley and I love trying new food and new beer. Read this blog regularly, and you'll see that we bond over food and beer! ... Well you...