Whatever Flips Your Waffle - Mark Domeier
The MLB trade deadline passed at the end of July. There was much anticipation in the air - would the Minnesota Twins trade for a pitcher that could make a difference in the playoff race this season?
The answer was no. They’re apparently on a tight budget this year. In fact, before the...
During a recent baseball tournament, one of my jobs was prepping diamonds between games. Depending on time, that might mean a quick raking around home and the bases and redoing the batter’s boxes and foul lines with chalk. Other times, I could do a full reset, where I’d completely drag the field...
Maybe it’s my age. Okay, it’s probably my age.
I can watch or listen to a baseball game and be enjoying myself when there it is: “His velo is down this game.” And then I sigh.
Just say velocity. Why is that so difficult? It’s two more syllables. Are we in that much of a hurry that we...
After the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump, there was at least one brief moment where members of both major political parties gave a unifying message, decrying such a heinous act. Oh, if only that agreement on something would carry over to other areas!
I’m no fan of...
Fear is a powerful emotion. It can be something that is always with you or something that crops up suddenly. Either way, fear can be quite crippling.
The summer after I had finished college, my buddies and I headed out to a pond near Winona to do some swimming. I was a good swimmer,...
While in New Zealand and Australia, I marveled at all the different cultures present. We got in-depth with the Maori in New Zealand and learned about Aboriginal ways in Australia.
Through both of these experiences, I realized something important: They are trying to hang onto their heritage...
Prior to joining in on the fantastic trip to Australia and New Zealand that you’ve read about in this paper, I had been on exactly six airplanes in my life. We flew to the West Coast to see my aunts when I was almost too young to remember. Right after my senior year of high school, a band trip...
Summer break is here, which means it’s also time for a break from pontificating, so I’ll look to my creative writing pen for a time. Some of my students gave me the first and last lines of a potential story; my job is to fill in the middle! This week’s inspiration comes from Logan Lewis.
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Summer break is here, which means it’s also time for a break from pontificating, so I’ll look to my creative writing pen for a time. Some of my students gave me the first and last lines of a potential story; my job is to fill in the middle! This week’s inspiration comes from Jackson Woodham...
Summer break is here, which means it’s also time for a break from pontificating, so I’ll look to my creative writing pen for a time. Some of my students gave me the first and last lines of a potential story; my job is to fill in the middle! This week’s inspiration comes from Makenna Reeder...