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Caring for the lawn is an onerous burden
It should come as no surprise to anyone that I hate being responsible for a lawn, no surprise, in part, because I’ve written about it ...
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Columnists
The expensive sweating of the middle class
A chance encounter at the grocery store led to a chat about my columns. The reader talked about always reading the columns to the end, ...
by David Behling, Friday, June 7, 2013 9:21 am
Columnists
Location plays big factor in disaster effect
Column: Notes from Home, by David Behling For years the canvas bag hung on a doorknob in my room, usually on the closet door, but ...
by David Behling, Friday, May 31, 2013 9:10 am
Columnists
There often is more to tale behind columns
When one writes a column like Notes from Home regularly for several years, every so often stories aren’t quite finished when the writer (and readers) ...
by David Behling, Friday, May 24, 2013 10:03 am
Columnists
How do we feel about the younger brother?
I was chatting with students, getting ready to distribute the final exam in my introduction to literature class when the conversation turned in an unexpected ...
by David Behling, Friday, May 17, 2013 9:36 am
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Meteorologists and politicians are similar
There’s a joke I tell when I’m hanging out with clergy:
by David Behling, Friday, May 10, 2013 9:13 am
Columnists
Loss of best friend in childhood lasts years
This is a story about a death by drowning, about a boy slipping beneath the surface of cold lake on a hot summer day. But ...
by David Behling, Friday, May 3, 2013 9:48 am
Columnists
When the victors pretend to be the victims
Something terrible happened today, and somebody died because of it. Most of us just don’t know it yet. A similar deed of terrible violence happened ...
by David Behling, Friday, April 26, 2013 9:50 am
Columnists
Minnesota whines about improving itself
Column: Notes from Home, by David Behling Last year it was all about the Minnesota Vikings. Give us money, the team’s owners and the NFL ...
by David Behling, Friday, April 19, 2013 9:18 am
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Train travel is a smarter way to get around
The sound of the horn drifts down from the bluffs to the platform where I am standing. Not exactly piercing, but more low and throbbing, ...
by David Behling, Friday, April 12, 2013 9:10 am
Columnists
On buying, selling and working for a living
How much work is too much work? What parts of our lives cannot be bought and sold? When do buying, selling and working take second ...
by David Behling, Friday, April 5, 2013 9:20 am
Columnists
The story of a boy and citric acid troubles
Once upon a time a child started not feeling so great, a touch of nausea, almost every time the child was out having fun with ...
by David Behling, Friday, March 29, 2013 9:35 am
Columnists
Spring break on the beach is as expected
Last week I did something I had never even considered doing before: take a trip to the beach for spring break.
by David Behling, Friday, March 22, 2013 10:31 am
Columnists
Even the Great Detective cleans restrooms
Column: Notes from Home, by David Behling “The play is afoot, Watson. And it is a . . . challenging one.” Sherlock Holmes is one ...
by David Behling, Friday, March 15, 2013 9:15 am
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When a house cat descends into madness …
One of our cats has gone mad, as in insane, exhibiting signs of extreme emotional instability.
by David Behling, Friday, March 8, 2013 9:18 am
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