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Author Archives: mollymiron
New venture
Chicks On May 4, I drove to Kathy Larson’s farm near Bagley and bought 16 day-old chicks – four Ameraucanas (green egg layers), four Chanticlers (in two colors), four Dominiques and four Appelzeller Spiytzhaubens. Sadly, one Chanticler died Saturday. I thought … Continue reading
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Ancestor
Molly, Elizabeth and Doug at a resort on Lake Coeur d’Alene When Doug and I traveled to Spokane, Wash., to meet Dr. Elizabeth Welty, a few new family chapters opened. Dr. Welty, my mother’s first cousin and my first … Continue reading
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Amtrak rules
The Empire Builder and James Hill in Havre, Mont. Blizzard in the Rockies Havre is pronounced to rhyme with “favor.” Last month, Doug and I climbed aboard the Amtrak Empire Builder (Chicago to Seattle and Portland) for a trip to … Continue reading
Recuperation
The invalid Doug and I adopted the Alaskan malamute Spirit last month. She is a Canadian Kennel Club champion and has produced two litters of puppies. She is 5 years old. The agreement with Arctic Ice Kennels is Spirit is … Continue reading
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Bringing Spirit home
Artic Ice Wolfwalker’s Spirit Bear Last week, Doug and I borrowed a friend’s RV to drive to central Alberta, Canada, to adopt a malamute bitch. The Arctic Ice kennels show that breed along with Canadian Eskimo dogs and Siberian huskies. … Continue reading
Thoughts on Gov. Janklow
As a newspaper reporter in Brookings, S.D. Register from 1987-1999, I covered state government and had regular encounters with elected officials, including the late (as of Jan. 12) Gov. Bill Janklow who served two terms as governor starting in 1978 … Continue reading
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Holiday adventures
Meme, Billie Rose and Papi and Joel, Henry, Grandma Molly and Adelaide During December, Doug and I took a long sojourn visiting family members. First we stopped in Richfield with Dave and Phoebe, then drove to Iowa City for an … Continue reading
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Christmas music
In 1974, Doug and I had moved from our farm in central New Brunswick, Canada, to a three-room basement apartment in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia for his new job at a plant that designed and manufactured, among other things, sono-buoys. They … Continue reading
Muppets
Last week, Doug and I went to The Muppet Movie at the Bemidji Theatre. I enjoyed it and the kids in our neighborhood laughed a lot, too. It wasn’t a good movie for Doug because there are sight jokes about … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving chicken Dpug and I had a pleasant, quiet Thanksgiving. No guests, but I spent the forenoon and part of the afternoon serving in various capacities at the Community Holiday Meal at Evangelical Covanent Church. There were rumblings last summer … Continue reading
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