BOOKS: The real story of Rumpelstiltskin
May 20, 2013 in The Daily Republic
“Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin” tells the story from Rump’s point of view. Instead of an imp, Rump is a likable 12-year-old boy.
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Book Report: The choice is yours: Lovely poems, exploding tourism
May 16, 2013 in River Falls Journal
University of Iowa Press has just re-issued a book of poetry by Philip Levine, winner both the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award, and who served for a year as United States Poet Laureate. Continue Reading
Wood Working: Fate of the world a matter of territorial perspective
May 16, 2013 in River Falls Journal
The Atlantic Monthly is now 156 years old and still hanging in there.
Little wonder. Continue Reading
BOOK: ‘Wrigley Riddle’ mystery contains facts about ball field
May 5, 2013 in The Daily Republic
Attention Cub fans! The newest book in The Ballpark Mysteries series is “The Wrigley Riddle.”
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Woodworking: Readers: Don’t pass up this book of letters
May 2, 2013 in River Falls Journal
Call me a fuddy-duddy, but I’m concerned about all the tweeting and blogging and electronic means of communication that goes on these days.
It’s dangerous because everyone seems to be doing it while driving high-powered automobiles, but that’s not my worry. Continue Reading
New Richmond librarians to retire after 60 years of service
May 2, 2013 in New Richmond News
When one chapter ends, another begins that’s how Bev Jacobs is viewing her retirement from New Richmond’s Friday Memorial Library. Continue Reading
BOOKS: Dad, children horse around in adventure tale
April 30, 2013 in The Daily Republic
It all starts during breakfast. When the dad goes outside to practice his jumps, bandits lure him away with sugar cubes.
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Third graders crack the book on imagination
April 30, 2013 in River Falls Journal
“Pippi Longstocking,” “Little House on the Prairie,” and “Because of Winn Dixie” are the latest reads for a local book club started by a group of Greenwood Elementary School third graders — Emily Odegard, Lily Mason, Emma Creen, Chloe Grenzow, Lily Schartau, and Olivia Usgaard. Continue Reading
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