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Al Batt: Each day is a gift you can’t return; make the most of it

I didn’t have to herd cats. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, May 31, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: You conquered the grind, now clang the grad gong 

Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt Angry hailstones the size of bowling balls had battered my poor car. That was not on my to-do ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: Don’t even think about texting while bungee jumping

He hadn’t run amok. He’d bungeed amok. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, May 10, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: There’s no “Ewww” in enema

My body’s check engine light came on. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, April 19, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: It surely was not a morel mushroom cloud that day

That’s no way for the weather to make friends. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, April 5, 2022 8:46 pm

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Al Batt: Haute cuisine on a horse opera

I gave a collection of “Gunsmoke” TV show DVDs to a friend going through a rough patch. A rough patch is how I describe things ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, March 22, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: March is not the armpit of the year as it sometimes seems

Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt I accomplished a great deal in the last 12 months.  I got a year older. Another year of ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, March 15, 2022 8:45 pm

NO PAYWALL

EST/STIERNAGLE, J.

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF FREEBORN Court File No. 24-PR-22-257 THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Estate of James F. Stiernagle, Decedent ... Read more

by Al Batt, Sunday, March 13, 2022 1:17 pm

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Al Batt: Be nice to everyone — you never know who’ll be on your jury

My Aunt Edith had been delicate, but she came out of that swamp onto higher ground. She died at the age of 105 years, 8 ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, March 8, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: Zappa and weasels ripped my flesh but I caught a crappie

My mother wouldn’t have approved — either of weasels ripping my flesh or me searching for a magazine article carrying that title. Years earlier, it’d ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, February 8, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: A peacock doesn’t look that good wearing cargo shorts

couldn’t sneak up on us. On our farm, we had worthy watchdogs. One was a dog that doubled as a cattle dog. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, January 25, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: If I only had a brain in my head with more bran in it

We didn’t have The Weather Channel. But we still had weather during my formative years. Things have changed. We continue to have weather, but today, The ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, January 18, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: It’s the dances with birds or the jays of our lives

My wife got me a nifty bird feeder for Christmas. Film rights are available. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, January 4, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: Swami is always wrong but never in doubt in predictions

My doorbell didn’t ring. It had voluntarily chosen to leave the labor force.  Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, December 28, 2021 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: Einar’s Hardware had everything I’d be getting

The weather was up to something. It always is. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, December 21, 2021 8:45 pm

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