Tag Archives: kids

Senior Truths

Posted on December 10, 2011 by little joe

 Since my last post I came across a few other thoughts that might be amusing to you…unless of course, you are actually experiencing  them.  If that’s the case I guess you will just have to grin a bear it. Students … Continue reading →

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Fall Colors on the Breezy Belle

Posted on September 28, 2011 by little joe

Breezy Belle           Fall in Minnesota is unquestionably my favorite time of the year.  Each October I take my camera ( my wife, daughter and son dragged me in to the digital age by giving me a new Cannon digital … Continue reading →

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A Winter Life Saver !~

Posted on December 6, 2010 by little joe

The winter’s first ice is already skimming Minnesota lakes and ponds and, unfortunately, with it comes the ice tragedy season. Every year we hear of people drowning because they broke through ice they thought was safe. We think to ourselves, “If … Continue reading →

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Number Please ?

Posted on December 3, 2010 by little joe

Growing up in a small rural community in the  Midwest seemed to fascinate my daughter Traci as I told her stories of my childhood.  She would listen intently to each story.  One day after another memory cleared my vocal chords, Traci … Continue reading →

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Kids Now-A-Days

Posted on March 30, 2010 by little joe

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning…. Uphill… Barefoot…BOTH ways… yadda, yadda, … Continue reading →

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Straub’s Hill

Posted on November 23, 2009 by little joe

  At seven years of age I, like most of my friends along Rose and Webster streets in Lisbon, North Dakota, already knew that successful winter sledding over uneven terrain with natural hazards requires skills only obtained by experience and … Continue reading →

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You Want Me To Do What ???

Posted on October 6, 2009 by little joe

  Let’ pretend. Pretend you are nine years old…you’re a boy in a small North Dakota town and it’s Summer! That’s kind of a nice mental picture if I do say so myself. And, I do. Now let’s pretend you … Continue reading →

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the North Bridge

Posted on September 3, 2009 by little joe

If It Doesn’t Kill You, It Makes You Stronger! But it still might hurt a bit. The Sheyenne River that meanders through Lisbon was the source of untold adventures for me and my best friends as we stumbled through our … Continue reading →

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