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Meantime at the Essar Steel construction site…
“Meantime at the Essar Steel construction site” is part of my 2014 winter/spring sanity project. I will post original cartoons about modern life in northern Minnesota every Friday until the snow melts. Related posts: No related posts.
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Saturday rigatoni feed to help my aunt beat cancer
My aunt Cheryl Johnson from Keewatin is the kind of person who quietly takes care of everyone around her and never expects or receives much in return. Though she never married, she is the person her five sisters and many, many nieces and nephews have counted on for last minute care, rides, help and support.…
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Great Northern Radio Show in Virginia, MN on 3/22
My next Great Northern Radio Show will broadcast live from Mesabi Range College in Virginia, Minnesota, at 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 22, 2014. Our traveling radio variety show doesn’t have a home theater; so being on the Iron Range is as close to home as we get. For this and several other reasons, I’m…
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“Spring Ahead”
“Spring Ahead” is part of my 2014 winter/spring sanity project. I will post original cartoons about modern life in northern Minnesota every Friday until the snow melts. Related posts: No related posts.
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‘Lost Iron Range’ airs tonight on public television
I am sometimes asked to explain why I chose to stay in northern Minnesota instead of chasing some faster life under brighter lights of some big city. My answer is simple: I am a writer at heart; writers need stories; the Iron Range is teeming with past, present and future conflict; and the complete story…
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‘March: In like a lion’
“March: In Like a Lion” is part of my 2014 winter/spring sanity project. I will post original cartoons about modern life in northern Minnesota every Friday until the snow melts. Related posts: No related posts.
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WDSE’s ‘The Playlist’ celebrates 100 episodes
As you may recall, this blog advocates economic diversification in northern Minnesota and one of the ideas I push heavily is the arts. So I take a moment now to congratulate Karen Sunderman and the WDSE (PBS-North) program, “The Playlist,” on their 100th episode and five years on the air. The episode aired last night…
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Bob McDonald loses last home game to son’s Ely team
Legendary Chisholm High School basketball coach Bob McDonald’s last home game was bittersweet for the 59-year, 1,000-win coaching veteran. His Bluestreaks lost, but they lost to an Ely Wolves team coached by his son, Tom. And it’s not over. Chisholm now heads to the playoffs where Ely and other opponents won’t be able to look…
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“Soon Prosperity”
I will continue posting original cartoons about northern Minnesota every Friday until the snow melts as part of my 2014 winter/spring sanity project. Related posts: No related posts.
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Filmmaker set to release Minnesota wolf documentary
Last winter, a California director filmed scenes for “Medicine of the Wolf,” a documentary on the Minnesota wolf featuring renowned wildlife photographer and writer Jim Brandenburg. Julia Huffman now seeks to finish her movie, adding some crucial interviews and perspective, and she’s almost halfway toward doing so on Kickstarter. The political battle since the onset…
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U.S. team with northern Minn. roots falls at Sochi
The Olympic dreams of the U.S. Men’s Curling team have ended, meaning the Sochi Winter Games are over for the Shuster rink whose Iron Range and Duluth roots pulsed out the TV screens every time they played. With the 6-3 loss to Switzerland early this morning, Minnesota time, followed by yesterday’s devastating defeats to likely…
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Team USA’s Shuster Rink down to last stones
The U.S. men’s curling team from northern Minnesota played three more games yesterday and today. Unfortunately, the news is rather grim for Team USA’s Shuster Rink at the Sochi Olympics. On Thursday, the American men lost a close 5-3 game against medal favorite Great Britain, but were outplayed masterfully at every end. Today brought the…
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MinnesotaBrown cartoon series: “Spring-Winter Talks”
Starting today through the melting of the last snow I’ll run an original cartoon every Friday here at MinnesotaBrown.com. I’m not trained as a cartoonist or as an artist. My drawings lack precision. But I have developed a motif using sketches and colorful paper supplies located in my office. So let’s run with this. To…
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U.S. men’s curling team picks up first Olympic win
The men’s USA Curling team picked up its first win hours ago with a 9-5 victory over Denmark. Meantime, the women lost another match to China, falling to 0-4. The men’s team is composed of four starters from northern Minnesota — skip John Shuster, a Chisholm native who now lives in Duluth; Jared Zezel of…
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USA Olympic Curling teams both fall to 0-2
The USA Olympic Curling teams both lost today in Sochi, each falling to 0-2 in round-robin play. The men’s team, which is composed entirely of Iron Range and Duluth curlers, lost to China 9-4. The women lost to Russia 9-6 despite holding an early lead. This follows yesterday’s disappointing debut for the two teams. The…