Lifestyle

The little piles were piling up. Twas chilly while walking doggie today. She made her way up, down, and through the meandering pathways and as I followed, I watched her pause. Taken aback, I noticed her sniffing the fresh little mounds of sand with a hole in each center upon the gravel road. As she sniffed, I reigned in the leash so she would not destroy the handiwork of the worker ants who’d made their presence known. I breathed a sigh of relief when she quickly lost interest in them.

Donors:Orrin S. Estebo Foundation Schmidt Foundation Les and Irene Wegner Trust Nancy Hansen/ Thrivent AgQuest/Farmward, Scott and Robin Larson Land O' Lakes Mike Vollner .

Wabasso Public School students and chaperons arrived in Washington July 15, and began day one of their four day trip by visiting the National Mall. Pictured front from left: Lyla Kittelson, Sophia Hanna, Avery Carlson, Leah Mathiowetz, Macy Rohlik, and Isabella Thao. Middle from left: Monica Jensen, Sara Carlson, Audrey Johnson, Paige Walker, Leah Lightfoot, Annabelle Struntz, and Alaina Kidrowski. Back from left: Blake Mathiowetz, Joe Liebl, James Haven, Andrew Morin, Jade Plaetz, Emma Kolander, Alice Klein, Carly Fenger, Camryn Irlbeck, Preston Remiger, and Calvin Hanna in front of the United States Capitol. Submitted

Perhaps you hear people talking about figuring out who they are and where they fit in this big busy world. I can understand that. There are many opportunities that open up to people, especially in this country, and it’s a big wide world. With all the opportunities before us and with all the problems that we could face, it can be hard to figure out where we fit in all of it. Who am I and what should I be doing with my life? These are questions that we want to answer to help us identify who we are and what we should be doing. For me, however, the answer didn’t come from within myself, it came from outside of me.

I had a fun encounter with a red fox just south of Dacotah Ridge Golf Club recently. Minnesota has two kinds of foxes, red and the less familiar gray. Red Foxes can run up to 31 mph, jump over six feet and can swim. A foxes forepaws have five toes while their hind feet only have four. A male fox is called a dog fox, a female is called a vixen and a young fox is called a cub, pup or kit. Red Foxes have extremely good hearing and are a monogamous animal that mates for life. Ben Stoterau

“As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He said to them, ‘Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him” (Mt 4:18-20).

Started in 2005, the Redwood Falls 2022 Farmers Market is here. Opening day is on Saturday, July 9, on the corner of Bridge and Washington street. With a variety of vendors, this year's farmers market will be on Tuesdays from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon.