The Movie Diary

A disaster waiting to happen

By Dom Cioffi Throughout my high school years, there was one kid who stood out for his brains. Appropriately, his name was Eugene (although he would throw a fit if you called him anything other than Gene). Gene was head […]

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The Outside Story

The afterlife of logs

By Declan McCabe My three children have participated in a Four Winds Nature Institute program that recruits adult family members to lead grade-school nature learning. I have worked with several moms and dads over the years to pull together materials […]

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Generation Y

Is Minnesota going to be OK?

By Brett Yates If you had asked me in 2015 to name three people from Minnesota, I probably would have thought for a moment and then come up with iconic pop star Prince, Senator Al Franken, and the public radio […]

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The Movie Diary

Drumming up some talent

By Dom Cioffi One day, just before Christmas a couple years ago, my brother-in-law pulled me aside to ask a question. He walked me into a spare room and pointed to several cardboard boxes that were in the corner, asking […]

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The Movie Diary

Music to my ears

By Dom Cioffi We just made the giant step of purchasing a desk and chair set for our son’s bedroom. And I already regret it. Up until recently, my son has always done his nightly homework at the kitchen table, […]

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