Roseau Times-Region - Serving Roseau County for over 100 Years - The Official Roseau County Newspaper

One of the many neat things about grandmas is that they have great expressions and sayings to help everyone else sort out life. My grandma had a saying she would use every time I would understand something new. She would say: “Ah, And the blind man picked up his hammer and saw.” I loved her play on words. It made you want to invent new stuff you learned just to hear her say it.

To be able to see, or understand something clearly however, is a wonderful thing. We may sigh and say, “Ignorance is bliss,” but ignorance can also get us into trouble. Some kinds of ignorance has long-term implications...