By The Unknown Soldier I wake up from my slumber, trying to rub the dreams from my head. When my feet touch the cold floor, I instantly know that winter is bad news. The chill of the night is in the entire house. If you listen you can hear the water running through the pipes … [Read more…]
By Alison Young Since Mini-School has been around for 25 plus years, and since Com-Mini-Cations has been published for most of that time, we’ve decided to have a regular feature called ”Looking back in Mini.” In every issue from now on, we’ll print some highlights from issues of Com-Mini-Cations from 5, 10, 15 years and … [Read more…]
By Phil St Sauver and Patty Heien
By Josh Day
By Josh Day When I started Mini-School a week or two ago, Doug approached me and ask me if I had anything I would like to write for Com-Mini-Cations. I said I would have to think about it. I thought about it the rest of the class time and went home with still nothing to … [Read more…]
By Mike Jacobson Once upon a time, I was sitting at my house, bored, watching Oprah. My brain seemed to be quickly slipping into a somewhat comatose state, never to return. (At least not until I had to go to the bathroom.) Just then, like a kid eating a pillowcase of Twinkies, I was hit … [Read more…]
By Molly Latterner and Clint Fero
By Kristi Dahl Erica is a former Mini- School student who gave birth to a handful named Joel in July. Joel will be seven months on the twentieth and when I asked her if he was all she’d thought he’d be when he was born she said, “everything and more.” I didn’t know what kind … [Read more…]
By Mike Jacobson -Rejection 96′- Hey there you sweet, innocent voters everywhere! It’s that time of the leap year again where we must carefully analyze and nitpick away at the candidates for the next human piñata of the White House. Now more than ever, we must quench our thirst for making big hairy deals out … [Read more…]
By Patty Heien It’s been four years and a lot of growing up, but I did it! I finally graduated. I will miss all of you very much. I feel that I have gotten to know all of you at least a little bit, and have become great friends with some of you. To the … [Read more…]