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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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The Day After Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2011 by little joe

Okay, you’ve loosened your belt after thanksgiving dinner, you’ve enough football on television to start your own team and most of the in-laws have left town! Now What? I offered this suggestion a couple of years ago and several people … 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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Give The Lady A Pail !

Posted on November 16, 2010 by little joe

The water in the Midwest isn’t quite hard enough for ice fishing, but it’s getting there.  And, before you know it folk will be punching holes in the ice and dropping their Swedish Pimples in the frigid water.  Brrrrrrrrrrrr! Lately, … Continue reading →

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Skiing ??? It’s October !!!

Posted on October 29, 2010 by little joe

Okay now wait a minute.  We haven’t had Halloween or thanksgiving or Christmas or any other holiday leading up to winter but…we DO have Skiing in Minnesota.  Wild Mountain is Open for Skiing and Snowboarding.Today, October 29th Wild Mountain in … Continue reading →

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Lisbon North Dakota’s 1955 Hockey Program

Posted on January 14, 2010 by little joe

Lisbon’s 1955 Hockey Program Winter can be long in the Sheyenne Valley of southeastern North Dakota. And with the length of the season came mountains of snow and weeks of biting cold. No “revelations” so far. This type of weather, … Continue reading →

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Key to Fractured Christmas Songs

Posted on December 21, 2009 by little joe

I hope you had some fun with the Fractured Christmas Songs. Here is the “key” to the titles.   Key to Fractured Christmas Songs 1. White Christmas 2. We Three Kings 3. Deck the Halls 4. O’ Christmas Tree 5. … 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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The Cuts

Posted on October 16, 2009 by little joe

The “Cuts” There is a place on the east edge of Lisbon, North Dakota that served as a magnet to kids…boys mostly…for as long as I can remember. No amusement park. No carnival rides. No pony show. A hill! But … Continue reading →

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