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Columns

Remembering Carol Bly

“Naming what is bad or sad is vital not just for the sake of sturdy opinion but because of a mysterious property of the dynamic ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, February 4, 2012 4:06 pm

Columns

Bark in time for the dogs

“The one who knows, does not say, the one who says, does not know.” — Zen Master Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:53 pm

Columns

Revisiting Vietnam in memory

“In this postmodern world, cultural conflicts are becoming more dangerous than anytime in history. A new model of coexistence is need is needed, based on ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, January 21, 2012 4:08 pm

Columns

Dogs on the watch

“In basic science we work in an atmosphere of curiosity, uncertainty, likely failure and humor.” — Lewis Thomas in Lives of the Cell from Carol ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, January 14, 2012 3:35 pm

Columns

Exploring prose from the past

“For the poet is a light and winged and a holy thing and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, January 7, 2012 4:22 pm

Columns

Not the Christmas I know

“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, December 31, 2011 5:01 pm

Columns

Avoiding distraction

“In the way that a gardener knows how to transform compost into flowers, we can learn the art of transforming anger, depression, and racial discrimination ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, December 17, 2011 4:01 pm

Columns

Looking for more around me

“But when all you do comes out of nothingness, then you have everything…That is what we mean by naturalness.” — Zen Master Shunrya Suzuki Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, December 10, 2011 3:00 pm

Columns

A life lived on the dark side

“You get so alone at times that it just makes sense.” Charles Bukowski Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, December 3, 2011 4:40 pm

Archive

The old rubber ball of life

“Lying at the heart of humor, creativity is risk taking. You will never do great things unless you enter the realm of uncertainty.” — Frank ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, November 26, 2011 1:33 pm

childcare

Minn. Legislature examines child-care union push

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republicans who have questioned the legitimacy and rationale for a union election affecting thousands of child-care providers are airing their concerns ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Monday, November 21, 2011 11:33 am

Columns

A welcome weekend in Cloquet

“Poetry is an act of peace. Peace goes into the making of a poet as flower goes into the making of bread.” — Neruda Read more

by Bob Vilt, Sunday, November 20, 2011 11:02 am

Columns

And the night reclaims the light

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.” — Kafka Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, November 12, 2011 6:00 pm

Columns

Welcoming family

“But when all you do comes out of nothingness, then you have everything…that is what we mean by naturalness.” — Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, October 29, 2011 5:00 pm

Columns

Getting to Vietnam

“People have a way of telling you what they think you wanna hear — anytime I don’t know something and I ask somebody, I ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, October 22, 2011 5:00 pm

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