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AMY'S RANCH SLANT Levi's Lost Calf
At the 2011 South Dakota Young Farmers and Ranchers conference I finally met journalist, blogger, author, and rancher, Amanda Radke from Mitchell, SD in person. She and I were both speakers at the c...
Posted on 4/4/12 at 8:00 PM
STAFF BLOG ALL ABOUT FOOD Easy appetizer (or meal) for those who love olives
Have you noticed how easy it is to make a meal of just appetizers at a restaurant? On a trip to the Twin Cities last week, my husband and I paid our first visit to 112 Eatery. Located in the warehouse...
Posted on 12/13/11 at 5:50 PM
STAFF BLOG THE FARM BLEAT Bookmarks, book titles and bargains
A couple of years ago, a friend of mine told me about his e-Reader. Whats an e-Reader, I had to ask, envisioning some type of contraption to hold a book open or something like that. Two years ago Id ...
Posted on 12/9/11 at 10:13 AM
MS SIMPLICITY So Many Books So Little Time
I have a confession to make.....my name is Melissa and I love to read! I just have not had the time to read latelly and I really miss the peace and quiet it gives my mind. I find my reading chair, g...
Posted on 4/26/11 at 10:19 AM
FAR SIDE OF FIFTY Tuesday Trip
Last Tuesday we took off on an adventure. The leaves were at the height of their Fall color. We made many stops along the way. This public access to a small lake was a perfect place to str...
Posted on 9/30/10 at 9:42 AM
Book Report: Historical tinkering makes for lively reading
I’ve written before about alternative history and writers like Harry Turtledove. He writes what I like to call “what if” novels.
By Dave Wood, columnist , July 18, 2012
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Book Report: ‘Birdseye’ look at frozen food, more
Mark Kurlansky astounded the reading world several years ago when he wrote “Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World.”
By Dave Wood, Book Reviewer , July 12, 2012
Book Report: Author revels in fine details
Oh, shucks, thought I. Sara Rath has given up on non-fiction and has taken to penning novels when I received the Spring Green author’s “The Waters of Star Lake,” by Sara Rath (Terrace Books, $26.95).
By Dave Wood, Book Reviewer , June 28, 2012
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You can hear the crack of the bat
In one sense, baseball is a game of numbers, numbers involving runs batted in, earned run averages, singles, two-baggers, homers, attendance. My late friend Dave Goldsmith subscribed to Baseball Digest, several baseball newspapers and even flunked out of a college because he spent his entire freshman year memorizing baseball statistics.
By Dave Wood, Book Reviewer , June 21, 2012
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Book Report: Genre readers are going for smut
Extra! Extra! Late breaking news from the publishing industry.
And it’s not good news.
By Dave Wood, columnist , June 18, 2012
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"Death on Cache Lake" author in River Falls June 14
The River Falls Public Library will host an author event on Thursday, June 14 at 7 p.m. Local author, Dan Woll, will be speaking about his recent book, Death on Cache Lake. The novel, co-authored by John Lyon, is a fictional account of Leo Burt, who was the last fugitive from the 1970 Sterling Hall bombing on the UW-Madison campus. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. For more information, please call Jera at 715-426-3496.
June 10, 2012
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Book Report: Guess I didn’t know her that well
I was very happy to receive “Walking the Rails,” by Ethel Erickson Radner (available at iUniverse.com; barnesandnoble.com or amazon.com, $13.95 paper; $23.95 hardcover; $3.99 e-book).
By Dave Wood, columnist , June 07, 2012
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For Ellsworth High School woods class, it’s one for the books
Ellsworth High School’s general woods class and the local school district’s libraries teamed to meet a need for the latter.
By Bill Kirk , May 31, 2012
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Book Report: Lyrical words tell the tale
Gary Boelhower, a St. Scholastica theology professor, writes on a variety of topics, his first wife, his daughter’s wedding, his gayness, his grandmother “ground down by the hard soil of two failed farms.”
May 31, 2012
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Book Report: New book, same old Henry
Ever since I read “The Education of Henry Adams,” I’ve thought of its author, the great-grandson of our second president and grandson of John Quincy Adams, as a sanctimonious little prig.
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 24, 2012
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Book Report: Even Rough Rider Teddy couldn’t tame NYC
Back in the 1950s adolescents looking for exciting reading about the facts of life, etc., turned to a series of books by muckraking journalists Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer.
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 18, 2012
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Book Report: Have a peek at this American family
The Dale family — Mom, Dad, son Zak, daughter Chloe and Lars the dog — come together for a typical American supper:
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 11, 2012
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Some spies never rest; revisit fictional Door County
Tom Nash seemingly has it made. He’s a retired British spy. He lives on the Cote D’Azur, the French Riviera, hobnobs with artists and writers and expatriates like Gerald and Sara Murphy.
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 04, 2012
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Book Report: Founding Fathers resisted almighty presidency
“The superb landscape…is a rich regalia. We found all the farmers busily employed in gathering, grinding, and expressing the juice of their apples; the crop of which they say is rather above mediocrity.
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 27, 2012
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Book Report: Bubbling alcohol picks the king
As the TV announcer used to say, “How would you like to be queen for a day? Or even longer, or maybe even king?”
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 13, 2012
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