Dear County Agent Guy: The art of antiquing
My wife and I recently took a business trip to St. Cloud, Minn. She suggested that we leave early so…
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Dear County Agent Guy: Duluth really is ‘superior’
The city of Duluth, Minn., demands only the best. It wasn’t good enough for the town to be located on…
Dear County Agent Guy: First farm swallowed up by city
It has been said the only constant is change. This is true except if you’re hoping for change from a…
Dear County Agent Guy: Fifty Years!
Jerry Nelson I am about to attend one of the most stressful events anyone can imagine. That’s right: I will…
Dear County Agent Guy: Getting down and dirty
Things have been going to pot at our place lately. Jerry Nelson This isn’t necessarily a bad development. In fact,…
Dear County Agent Guy: Recalling ‘poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma’
Jerry Nelson It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year since the “c” word came into my life….
Dear County Agent Guy: Time with a toddler
Babysitting a 4-year-old boy is not for the faint of heart nor for anyone who hasn’t spent at least six…
Jerry Nelson column: Don’t trust spring weather
No nice weather ever goes unpunished in our neck of the woods. We had a fabulously clement March, with nearly…
Dear County Agent Guy: Making the perfect mess
It has been my experience that nothing is truly perfect, and that perfection is, at best, an ephemeral illusion. And…
Dear County Agent Guy: ‘Old’ is the new ‘new’
It has become fashionable to embrace things and activities that are from a former era. In other words, “old” is…
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