28 October 2023
DULUTH A few years ago my daughter and her future husband visited me at the Duluth News Tribune. My future son-in-law didn’t say much as he checked out the newsroom, but he did remark on the contents of my office.
“You have a lot of paper in here.”
I laughed it off then … I do work at a newsPAPER, after all!
But I’m not laughing now, as those towering piles of old newspapers, stacks of printouts and reams of reports (I’ve even found a stray fax or two) have besieged me while trying to clean out my office for our big move in the coming weeks (see the story below).
The photo below only shows one small part of my office, and that’s after a significant portion of it had already been cleared out and sent to recycling.
I’ve been blessed to have worked at the News Tribune since 2005, and somehow I’ve squirreled away every piece of paper that I have accumulated in those 18 years.
Yes, I am a packrat. It just seems wrong to place a newspaper in a recycling bin.
But I have no choice now. The fire hazard that is my office must be extinguished, and it makes all the sense in the world to downsize a bit before moving to a new location.
And I’ve come to peace with that. But this whole process would go a lot quicker if I wasn’t compelled to give each paper, each scrap, each stack a ceremonial sendoff.
Here are some DNT highlights from the past week:
Moving to new digs
Did I mention the DNT is moving soon?
This week the News Tribune finalized the sale of its building to the Duluth School District.
I’d have more to say about that, but I’m too busy trying to clear all that paper from my office.
But you can read the full story from DNT reporter Brielle Bredsten here.
Long live El Nino
Now that we’re sitting in winter’s waiting room (also known as autumn), it’s time for the men and women trained in meteorology to forecast (also known as an educated guess) what to anticipate about the season ahead.
DNT news reporter Jimmy Lovrien is not a meteorologist though we did send him to a weather seminar a few weeks ago but he did help our readers understand the difference between El Nino and La Nina.
Basically, if you enjoy winters such as the one we barely survived last year, then you favor La Nina. But if you like your winters a little more tame, El Nino is your friend.
A paid subscription and a click of the link will lead you to the 2023-24 winter forecast.
Ah, the smell of vinyl
Record stores are one of my soft spots for nostalgia.
Past Weekly Wave editions have contained my pining for the days when you could blow a whole afternoon rifling through album after album, 45 after 45 … and then blow a hole through your wallet and leave with an armload of records.
Ah … that’s just something digital downloading can’t replicate. Sorry, Apple Music!
But maybe I can rekindle that music store nostalgia with a visit to River City Records and Books a new old-school shop. Arts and entertainment reporter Jay Gabler has more here.
I can smell the vinyl and old books from here!
Catch a wave
Here are a few more stories from the past week to check out:
One more chance?: Developer of proposed Duluth high-rise likely catches final break (Subscribers only) The end is in sight: $165 million cleanup of US Steel’s Duluth Works nears completion Astro Bob: New closeups of volcano-rich Io; Jupiter’s moons do do-si-dos Bygones: Crews broke ground on West Duluth shopping center in 1983 Sterling start: Former Bulldog Hunter Shepard wins NHL debut with Capitals
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