Mel's Musings
1 year ago
MEL’S MUSINGS Take Time To Remember

My patriotism and love of country was learned by observing my elders carrying out […]

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Mel's Musings
1 year ago
MEL’S MUSINGS Yes, the lake – but what else?  

  Municipal elections will be held on June 4th with a mayoral race and […]

Mel's Musings
1 year ago
MEL’S MUSINGS: No Going Back by Kristi Noem

MEL’S MUSINGS No Going Back by Kristi Noem A book review.   Governor Kristi […]

Mel's Musings
1 year ago
MEL’S MUSINGS: Does your child have a “social disease”?  

When I was a kid, a “social disease” was polite society’s way of categorizing […]

Mel's Musings
1 year ago
Has Anybody Seen “The Terminator”?

When I started teaching school at Mitchell High School in the fall of 1982, […]

Mel's Musings
1 year ago
Does Everybody Have a #2 Pencil?

Ah, the harbingers of Spring in South Dakota; it says it’s spring on the […]

Mel's Musings
1 year ago
Death and Taxes

Benjamin Franklin said, “Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that […]

Mel's Musings
1 year ago
A Night To Remember

A Night To Remember is a 1955 nonfiction book by Walter Lord in which […]

Mel's Musings
1 year ago
Mel’s Musings – April Fools’!

Every once in a while, I will be approached in public about my Mel’s […]

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Mel's Musings
1 year ago
Mel’s Musings – The moment of decision is nigh

I attended the public meeting at the Corn Palace on the Lake Mitchell Project […]