Opinion

Around the same time I began working on an article about oil drilling activities at Crane Lake, a book called ‘We Will Be Jaguars’ became available to me on my Library app.

Sitting at the front of the St. Paul library with the usual suspects for January’s book club meeting, I was struck by the common response to The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See.

It’s no secret that in our modern, technologically-driven age, the average person spends considerably more time in front of various screens. 

Out with the old and in with the new, as the old saying goes. For many people, the end of a year and the outlook of a new one brings hope for the future, including new opportunities and the possibility that things are going to get better.