http://bluffcountrynews.com en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 12:16:16 GMT Daily feed of articles http://bluffcountrynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=59&ArticleID=48737 It seems like weeks since I've last written . . . oh, wait, it has been. I guess we have some catching up to do! Bluff Country Reader Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:00 GMT http://bluffcountrynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=59&ArticleID=48736 I did a little research for this topic, in part because I wanted to find some way to validate my opinion. Actually, it's not so much my opinion as it is who I am and what I'm afraid of. Even while typing the keyword into the search bar, I became more tense and wary of my surroundings. Bluff Country Reader Mon, 20 May 2013 14:42:00 GMT http://bluffcountrynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=59&ArticleID=48734 I've lived here all my life. I've traveled a bit. I've learned that there is no good weather. There is no bad weather. What there is, is unique weather. Bluff Country Reader Mon, 20 May 2013 14:29:00 GMT http://bluffcountrynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=59&ArticleID=48733 Now that spring - no, summer - is here, I have been shopping and shopping for plants. Bluff Country Reader Mon, 20 May 2013 14:26:00 GMT http://bluffcountrynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=59&ArticleID=48732 Not long ago I was a very early bird and had purchased groceries at a big store in the Twin Cities. I pushed my cart out to the car, and unloaded the groceries into the trunk. I got inside, started the car and was prepared to drive away. Suddenly someone was rapping on the passenger side window of the car. I rolled down that window, and the man leaned in and said, "You left your purse in the grocery cart!" Bluff Country Reader Mon, 20 May 2013 14:23:00 GMT