Local News from Across the Rainy River District
If you’re anything like me you may sometimes notice your thoughts jumping around rather wildly. When our minds are jumpy we tend to feel unsettled and find it hard to focus on one thing at a time. This can be frustrating to live with. A lack of focus usually slows […]
It was a Tuesday night, the kind of late spring evening that isn’t quite warm yet but carries the conjuring of seasonal change. My best friend Dan and I merged onto Interstate 94 with purpose. A mission. A destination. The goal was simple: Tool’s long-awaited album Lateralus was being released […]
There is an incredibly special place—a short southbound drive from our beautiful borderland, just past the town of Eveleth. Equal parts sanctuary, summons, and spark. It is a place of pilgrimage I’ve returned to for the last twenty years for silent reflection. On October 4, 2025, I again walked the […]
My friends packed into the Canada Life Centre to see Korn this weekend. They came back buzzing – elated from the power of the show. Listening to them reminded me of another band etched into the soundtrack of my youth – one that may not carry the same global recognition […]
If you fall in love with a language that you speak and teach, could that very language redefine your concept of love all together? I think so. In fact, I know so. Knowing, learning, and speaking a language can affect and shape the way one thinks. This is because every […]
For decades, educators and science communicators have wondered how to get more people interested in science, STEM careers, and the staggering wonders of our universe. Personally, the bite of science bug only took one moment on an early summer afternoon to capture my imagination. Sitting in the grass under a […]
So often our minds can seem like they are against us instead of for us. They sometimes bombard us with worries, bad memories, frustrations, distractions and discouragements. We’ve been exploring some different aspects of managing our minds including identifying and changing negative thought patterns. Managing our minds is vital to […]
The words were like a beacon. A constellation. Like arcane parchment, a conscious remnant from some ancient heart. Reaching forth from the outward-facing spine of the book, the title might as well have been incandescent. Far left. Top shelf. “Citizen of the World.” For years, it was as if the words, with […]
To this day, it’s not uncommon for my friends and I to debate in my living room until sunrise about what’s happening with the Rogues Gallery in Gotham, as if it’s a real city. For many of us, comics and science fiction are more than fun stories. They’re modern myths […]
To best describe: it’s always like a thunderbird, rolling like advancing storm clouds. Rumbling, a slipping fault-line, especially when climbing gears. First. Second. Third. Passing the Sorting Gap. Fourth. Fifth. Up and over the Noden Causeway during a smooth trade-off from setting sun to stellar skies. Locking into Sixth […]
Managing our minds is a big key to being able to manage many different aspects of our lives including emotions, relationships, time and money. There are a lot of situations bombarding our minds these days not only on the news but also in our own individual lives and communities. With […]
Sharing some encouragement and advice with a long-time friend’s first graduate to leave home was a reminder that it’s that time of year again. In the coming weeks, many recent graduates from our region and else ware) will be leaving their nests to chase exciting new opportunities and bright futures. […]
