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22 Aug

An Era Comes to an End

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For the past thirty-seven years I have been living a dream. In sixth grade I remember classmates gathered around my writing assignment that my teacher had posted on the classroom’s bulletin board. It was a report about my favorite bird when one of my classmates said, “Mike, you are a good writer!” I’ve always enjoyed a little praise now and then. It’s good for the soul and good for one’s confidence. Thank you, classmate for making that comment as it…..

15 Dec

Happy Holidays!

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The following blog is actually the Christmas letter that I sent to friends and family minus the pictures (I don’t know how to include pictures as my brain is not wired to complete such difficult tasks.) Hopefully this Christmas note will add to your Christmas cheer! 🙂 Larson’s Holiday Letter in Rhyme I’ve written two rhyming nature books and now I can’t stop, So, this Christmas letter may be a flop! Now I am in a rhyming rut, So, this…..

30 Oct

Twin Cities Adventures

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The announcement came in the mail a month or two ago and it read, “Join us for an authentic Ukrainian dinner. We’ll cast vision and seek support to forge new opportunities for READ Ministries and beyond.” Perhaps not all of you are familiar with my two books, “The Easter Sparrows” and “The First Advent” which have been published by Publishing House Smirna in the Ukraine. READ Ministries were largely responsible for bringing the two books to the Ukraine and having…..

10 Aug

Say That Again!

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I wrote another book! After I had released “The Easter Sparrows” I stated that would probably be my last book. The key word there was ‘probably’. 🙂 Up to that point I had written Children in the Outdoors, Volume I, II and III followed by Nature’s Christmas Story. An Easter story would round things up nicely or so I thought. Five books would be quite an accomplishment don’t you think? Then there were those other nine holiday stories that I…..

19 Jul

The Praying Football Coach

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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the football coach taking a knee on the football field and having a heart to heart with God after each football game. As a Christian myself I was astonished that so many people would be upset by a coach praying in public. Now if he were out there distributing free beer or pornographic literature that would be a different story. The fact that players would join him because of peer pressure seemed laughable…..

19 Apr

I’m in the Middle of the Russian/Ukrainian War!

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How could an old guy living in the middle of Minnesota have any involvement in the Russian/Ukrainian War you are asking yourself? Well it’s kind of a complicated story so bear with me for a few minutes and I’ll explain how I got involved. In 2010 WestBow Press released my children’s book The Easter Sparrows. At that time I was not planning to have it become embroiled in a Russian/Ukrainian War. My plan was to hopefully have the book produce…..

18 Mar

The Footsteps Continue

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As I mentioned in my last blog a six year writing stint for Minnesota Out Of Doors became my big break in getting my material published. That experience led to the production of the three volumes of Children In The Outdoors and an opportunity to travel the four state area putting on teacher workshops. But nothing lasts forever. In 1991 the magazine had financial problems and after a discussion with the editor I decided to retire the column. I did…..

09 Jun

Rhyming Riddles?

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I retired from teaching in 2001. After thirty-four years attempting to inspire middle school and high school students and instill in them a love for life long learning I decided it was time to pursue another one of my favorite pastimes, writing. For the next three years I wrote and illustrated a variety of children’s stories. Today three of them have become published books. Nature’s Christmas Story, The Easter Sparrows and Holiday Adventures for Kids are all available on Amazon…..

24 Feb

I’m Visiting the Ukraine and Haven’t Left Home!

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My blogs have been limited lately and it has nothing to do with the title of this blog. I’ll get to that blog title in a minute but first I must explain my failure to produce any blogs for the last couple weeks. Kathie and I have been “teenage sitting” grandchildren, not in the Ukraine but in Mahnomen, MN. Their parents were off soaking up the sun in Jamaica while the grandparents held the fort down in the north country……

09 Jul

An International Author?

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I started writing seriously in 1980 and have slowly progressed(and I emphasize slowly)! Here it is 2016 and if someone would ask me, “How well known are you as a writer?” How would I respond? Well my hometown of Clinton, MN is one county south of where I presently live and I did teach school at Herman High School one county east so I guess I am well known in a three county area. But for twenty years I did travel…..

Tag Archives: The Easter Sparrows

An Era Comes to an End

Happy Holidays!

Twin Cities Adventures

Say That Again!

I’m in the Middle of the Russian/Ukrainian War!

The Footsteps Continue

Rhyming Riddles?

I’m Visiting the Ukraine and Haven’t Left Home!

An International Author?

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