Steve Fernlund and The Long Way Home

Northshore Journal   Reading books is my favorite pastime, mainly because I can do it while I’m eating, drinking, or smoking a pipe.  On the other hand, I should never review books. The following mentions a book and some themes but isn’t a review. But this book is unparalleled if you're seeking a mind-bending exercise that will leave you questioning the very fabric of reality. Several years ago, my friend Joel asked me to join a business consulting firm he started in Portland, OR. The firm served clients in the freight transportation industry, a business I knew more than a little bit about. I’d known Joel for a long time. We “came up” in the freight brokering business during the heady years of deregulation in the 1980s. Mutual respect made working together a rewarding experience. Joel’s management and consulting philosophy centered on the science of quantum physics. This science attempts to explain how the universe works at the smallest scale. It deals in probabilities and observat

The Bohunk, along with our daughter Jess and granddaughter Chloe, joined 138,872 people for opening day at the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul last week. Turnout set a record for opening day attendance, breaking the 2019 record by almost 5,000 souls--which is not far below the entire population of Cook County.  Although I wasn’t invited to join them, I would never agree to attend the “Great Minnesota Get Together” anyway. There are too many people and noise, and I get antsy when three or more people are in line with me at the grocery store.  The fair was central to my childhood summers living in suburban Minneapolis. It's a place where the ordinary transforms into the extraordinary, a magical escape before the harsh reality of 'back to school' sets in.  The neighborhood gang and I mowed lawns, peddled papers, saved allowances, and hit up friendly uncles for a buck or two to fund a full day of independence at the fair. We were filled with anticipation on the chosen day as o