On my mother's side, my Dutch-American ancestry has been here since before the American Civil War. My people were among…
James C. SchaapJanuary 29, 2021
Maybe it was the little chapel she’d insisted on showing me, a place she thought any visit to the Northern…
James C. SchaapJanuary 1, 2021
It's not a new story. I wrote it more than a decade ago, so it may well show its age.…
James C. SchaapDecember 18, 2020
Once you find the road in—the place is very much out of the way--the signs tell the story. I’ve visited…
James C. SchaapDecember 4, 2020
Got it this morning. Had no idea mature human beings could or would hunt hogs from helicopters, but this Texas…
James C. SchaapNovember 27, 2020
It's all so understandable. From the vantage point of 75-plus years, the war seems ancient history. Besides, so many of…
James C. SchaapNovember 13, 2020
"Some of them just got too big for their britches." People said that occasionally, that some farmers who went down during…
James C. SchaapOctober 30, 2020
You’ll drive a long way to find a sandy beach on Minnesota's north shore. That humpy stuff roiling beneath your…
James C. SchaapOctober 16, 2020
Truth be told, there weren't all that many people around. I was a little disappointed in the size of the…
James C. SchaapOctober 2, 2020
