Archive by year 2015

The praying parrot

A middle aged woman lived alone except for her pet, a male parrot. The woman was a very proud of her parrot because it would sit at the bottom of the cage, …

Beaver tries to move into Camden

By Dan Lynch At 6:30 a.m. on May 28 a large beaver was observed by postal workers at the Lowry Post Office. Things were quiet. The beaver appreciated the …

Time to move?

I love the Northside. I moved here from Roseville nine years ago. In most ways, I love it more than Roseville. Unfortunately, in a couple of significant ways, …

Making room for good news

On a recent Monday morning I grabbed the Star Tribune to see what’s new after the weekend. Fortunately for me, having flunked remedial reading classes even …

Bats: A nighttime treasure

By Allison Holzer, Interpretive Naturalist, Kroening Interpretive Center Many years ago, I had the pleasure of sharing my second-story apartment with a bat: he …