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Living the blues

 

Obituaries are great at providing glimpses into lives that are way more colorful than our own.

A case in point is The Associated Press obituary for blues piano player Pinetop Perkins who died Monday of cardiac arrest in Austin, Texas.

Pants on the Ground

 


Walkin' downtown with your pants on the ground!
Giddy-up
Hey! Get your pants off the ground!
Lookin like a fool!
Walkin' talkin' with your pants on the ground!


 

Battle: LA

I hate Los Angeles. That city takes everything that is great about California and ruins it. I might be a little biased. I am after all from Sacramento and we tend to have a bit of an inferiority complex when it comes to the City of Angels. Usually we just mutter on about how we might as well divide California into North and South, but recently things have gotten a little more personal.  

Who's your Final Four

On Monday I finished my annual exercise in futility — picking the winners of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. I already have 2 wrong — I picked Alabama-Birmingham and Arkansas-Little Rock to win First Four games and, of course, both lost. My Final Four are Ohio State, Texas, Kansas (which will please my editor) and Wisconsin. I have Ohio State beating Texas in one national semifinal, Kansas beating Wisconsin in the other, and the Buckeyes and Jared Sullinger beating Kansas (much to my editor's chagrin) to win the whole enchilada.

Upcoming Events @ BPL

THE CELTIC BAND, NORTHWIND CROSSING* - March 17th at 7 pm in the Chalberg Theater at CLC (Tickets are free from the library)
Continuing the celebration of all things Irish, the Celtic Band Northwind Crossing will perform concerts in Kitchigami communities during February and March. They will perform a St. Patrick's Day concert in Brainerd on March 17th at 7 pm in the Chalberg Theater at CLC. Please get your tickets in advance at the library

Roof Repairs@ BPL March 14-19

Please note that the Brainerd Public Library will have roof repairs throughout the week of March 14-19.  The repair process will create an unavoidable amount of noise.  The library will continue to have regular hours of operation:  Monday-Thursday 9:00am to 8:00pm, Friday 9:00am to 6:00pm, and Saturday 9:00am to 4:00pm.  Thank you for your understanding and patience during this process.

Silver medal winners!

My husband, Jason, and I, for the second year in a row, have taken second place in the pair category in Fitness United, the community health and wellness eight-week challenge hosted by United Way of Crow Wing and Southern Cass Counties.

Oh how I hate Ohio State

 

There’s a long-suffering Minnesota Golden Gophers fan I know who used to wear a worn-out t-shirt every time his favorite football team played Ohio State University. 

“Oh how I hate Ohio State” were the words written on the t-shirt.

It’s not hard to do these days.

"Minding Frankie"

 

Book Review

Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy

Review by Linda McIntosh

Maeve Binchy fans will be delighted with her newest book, Minding Frankie.  The Dublin setting continues to be a good one for these warm and cheerful books, much like the Irish people.  This is her 21st book, and she still tells an engaging story.

It's Newspapers in Education Week

March 7-11 is NIE Week.


A year ago I didn't know what NIE stood for. You still may not. But even though I didn't know NIE is the acronym for Newspapers in Education, as a Dispatch subscriber and mother of three, I was already living it.  


Whenever we read, share or discuss the newspaper with a young person, we meet the purposes of Newspapers in Education. Just like any good thing in life we want to pass along, a young person learns the newspaper's value when we share it.

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