On Jan. 19, 2026, a group of activists (thugs) intruded upon Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, because a local ICE official serves as a pastor there. Approximately 30 hours later and 1,772 miles to the southeast, the College Football Championship was played at 347 Don Shula Drive, otherwise known as Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami, Florida.  

Jim put me in the old Corvair, and we headed down the lane. I could see Pete just standing there looking at me. I watched until I could see him no more. We turned left on state Route 506. We stopped at a stop sign in a small village and then went straight on. I was memorizing the route very carefully because a wild, audacious plan was forming in my mind.

It seems to me if you don’t want to get harmed out in the streets, the right idea is to stay home. Petition your federal or state representatives if you don’t like the laws as they stand. Or go to the media. The actions in Minneapolis remind me of the old films from Russia in 1917 and onward.

It was early August 1968. Pete and I were walking back from the briar patch after an unsuccessful hunt.

Invading other countries that harm us, directly or indirectly (like Venezuela)? We’ve been doing that since Thomas Jefferson.   

My name was Tippy. I was a Beagle, owned by Jim Thompson in the late 1960s. Since dogs cannot talk, this narrative is mostly a stream of consciousness from when I was alive. By the way, when I am dreaming here, the narrative will be encapsulated thusly: {D dream narrative D}.

I think we should start a morality program. Oops, we have one. It is called the Christian churches.  

Today, it would take a year’s worth of counseling to go through what we did that week. We just tried to take it in stride in those days.

It has been several years since I reported about the Moon Dollar Café. I am pleased to report they have improved their service. On Christmas morning, at about 10 a.m., Laura asked me if I wanted to go to the Moon Dollar for a special hot chocolate.  

I always liked wheat harvesting season. It was summer. Even the straw bales were about half the weight of hay bales.

Remember, almost nothing is worth arguing over. And those things you want to argue over, likely you can do little about – especially if they are in faraway Washington, D.C. Grasp the amazing miracle of being a living being on the only planet that we know that supports life. This is nothing to take for granted.

One Saturday, it was probably late July, a Cadillac comes up the driveway. It was a current model at the time, but please understand in the 1960s, Cadillacs seemed to be about 30 feet long. Four men got out, and they were not well dressed.

It seems that the older I get, the more dissatisfied people become. I am talking about as a whole – people worldwide.

Fun with cows. Over the years, as our herd grew, cows became quite a busy activity. We had a large pasture, and the way it was positioned, the cattle could actually not be seen, depending on where they were.  

If there is anything we are short on these days, it is Biblical study. No one is shooting boats out of the water that are attempting to deliver more Bibles to the United States.