By Carrie Tiggas At six thirty on January 20th, 8 Mini-School students gathered to go to Ely, Minnesota as a reward trip for selling the most calendars. The lucky trippers were La’Kyasa Bollig, Matt Evans, Trevor Scott, Drew Emmings, Elissa Johnson, Trisha Laumann, Clare Meyer, and myself (Carrie Tiggas). Doug and Joe were our trip … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg The best book I’ve read in awhile is Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. The story is set in the South during the Civil War. After semi-recovery from a neck wound sustained in battle, Inman, the main character decides he’s had enough of war and undertakes the long walk home to Virginia. He … [Read more…]
By Jeana Doescher “Johnny Got His Gun” I went to B. Dalton to look for this book because I heard it was really good. They didn’t have it so I had to order it. I got it a few days ago and read the whole thing in one sitting. It doesn’t say on the back … [Read more…]
By Leah Shoberg “The Green Mile”By: Steven King This bizarre tale begins with our narrator, Paul Edgecomb, telling his story about the year of 32’, the year of John Coffey, when everything changed. The place is Cold Mountain Penitentiary, where our narrator is the head of the E block….also known as “The Green Mile.” The … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg One summer in the mid-1970’s, I pulled my truck up to one of the four way stops in Excelsior. As I awaited my turn to go, a blond boy of 11 or 12 jumped into my truck. “I know who you are-you’re Berg,” he exclaimed. “And I bet I can guess who … [Read more…]
By Audrey Lopez I was fortunate enough to meet up with Brian Cristofono at his work in Excelsior. Brian is a former Mini-School student and graduated in ‘95 after being in Mini for about 2 1/2 years. While he was in Mini he went on the summer trip and said he enjoyed it. Brian said … [Read more…]
By Carrie Tiggas On Thursday December 17, Jessica Hoium, Elissa Johnson, Shaun Johnson, David Larson-Hughes, Audrey Lopez, Nick Merchant, Jamie Rasmussen, Craig Schrupp, Leah Shoberg, Jesse Steinwand, Seth Stiebinger, Jessica Turner, and Carrie Tiggas met at Perkins to attend Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop for its anniversary show. We all piled in 2 vans and … [Read more…]
By Chris Hinrichs and Missy Quaas On Sunday morning, February 7th, at 10:30a.m. we took off for Bessemer, Michigan. We all hopped in the van and drove straight through Duluth, and over to Country Kitchen to eat and fuel up. Then we got to the ‘homestead’ at 4:00p.m. We all settled in and unpacked. Our … [Read more…]
By Leah Shoberg Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Live at Luther College This is another wonderful track from Dave Matthews, only with a different twist. Instead of Matthews and his band, it’s him with the expert acoustic guitar help of Tim Reynolds. This two disc track is a compilation of some of Matthews music, totally … [Read more…]
By Kari Opheim The Grateful Dead and deadheads are in a world and classification of their own. They live in a peaceful, non controversial, loving atmosphere, with the Grateful Dead’s music surrounding it. They put out a kind of music that forms this sort of atmosphere by itself. Deadheads would travel around the U.S going … [Read more…]