Stirrings from the empty nest

Somewhere around 2009, we were ready for a new dog following the untimely death of Otter the Wonder Dog (whom my wife thinks was poisoned by...

 I had lunch with a long-time best friend colleague during my working years yesterday. She came out to the hangar for a picnic. She left MPR...

 I don't do much writing anymore. Once writing was a joy, before Minnesota Public Radio basically beat it out of me thanks to writing 17...

  This guy has been my friend longer than anyone else on the planet -- my twin brother, shown here at my oldest son's wedding with his i...

Just a few months before I left the Berkshires and moved to Minnesota, a freak October snowstorm hit The Great Northwest and Minnesotans hav...

 Dexter Michael Collins arrived on October 2, 2020 late in the evening, accomplishing what no one else has on Planet Earth: he made me a gra...

(Originally published May 23, 2019) I occasionally get mail looking for help finding someone or wanting some information from a NewsCut po...

I'm reprinting some of my favorite NewsCut posts. This one is from May 31, 2019 I actually thought I had nothing left to say. An...