NOTE TO MY ONLINE SUBSCRIBERS: An earlier version of my story about Northern Lights contained a reference to being able to watch the movie online. Turns out that is a pirated version, missing much of the valuable footage from the original movie. So I removed that part of the story. But John Hanson says soon … Continue reading Oops.
Month: July 2023
Northern Lights
An e-mail from an old friend, the filmmaker John Hanson, came out of the blue yesterday, the day before the newspapers all said we were going to have a Northern Lights display tonight. The front page headline in the Bismarck Tribune Wednesday blared “Solar storm to create Northern Lights.” Whoa. Not so fast. The correction … Continue reading Northern Lights
And Then There Were None. RIP, Minot Mafia
He was a handsome young Georgia Marine in spit-shined shoes, a white hat, and a sharply pressed dress uniform, a member of the United States Marine Corps Drill Team, stationed in Washington, DC in the mid-1950s. She was a pretty little country girl from North Dakota, working in the Washington office of a North Dakota … Continue reading And Then There Were None. RIP, Minot Mafia
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