Keith Anderson

Eden Prairie

News Director at HometownSource

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Articles

Column: The only thing to fear is fear itself?

1 week ago | hometownsource.com | Keith Anderson

A couple weeks ago I heard colleagues talking about certain phobias and wondered if I had somehow been living a sheltered life. I always assumed my phobias were the kind shared by many other people, like Dentophobia-the fear of going to the dentist. That particular fear, which isn’t so much a fear, but a justified concern rooted in the fact that I once had a small cavity that was drilled out of my tooth without the use of Novocaine. The medication was certainly widely available at that time.
COLUMN: If life were as simple as a fortune cookie

1 week ago | hometownsource.com | Keith Anderson

Ever wonder how messages get inserted into fortune cookies? They aren’t actually tucked inside, so much as laid on top of the cookie. Fortune cookies are circular and flat when baked. After they are removed from the oven, while still flexible, the ticker tape message is laid in the center of the cookie, just before it’s folded into a unique crescent shape. Huh, mystery solved. What may be more interesting are the messages themselves.
COLUMN: The fear of…

3 weeks ago | hometownsource.com | Keith Anderson

A couple weeks ago I heard colleagues talking about certain phobias and wondered if I had somehow been living a sheltered life. I always assumed my phobias were the kind shared by many other people, like dentophobia - the fear of going to the dentist. That particular fear isn’t so much a fear, but a justified concern rooted in the fact that I once had a small cavity that was drilled out of my tooth without the use of Novocaine. The medication was certainly widely available at that time.
Column: See Me Saturday could save a motorcyclist’s life

1 month ago | hometownsource.com | Keith Anderson

My blue 70 hp Honda motorcycle was my introduction to riding. I was not of legal driving age at 13, but I only rode it in ditches and open fields. It was the most fun I’ve ever had on a motorcycle. Maybe that’s because I wasn’t sharing the road with anyone. I was hopping country culverts and allowing waist-high foxtails to slice my forearms.
Column: See Me Saturday, May 24, could save a motorcyclist’s life

1 month ago | hometownsource.com | Keith Anderson

My blue 70 hp Honda motorcycle was my introduction to riding. I was not of legal driving age at 13, but I only rode it in ditches and open fields. It was the most fun I’ve ever had on a motorcycle. Maybe that’s because I wasn’t sharing the road with anyone. I was hopping country culverts and allowing waist-high foxtails to slice my forearms.
APG: Popes offer message but is world listening?

2 months ago | thebesttimes.com | Keith Anderson

There have been five popes in my life: Paul VI (1963-78), John Paul I (1978), John Paul II (1978-2005), Benedict XVI (2005-2013) and Francis (2013-2025). John Paul I may best be remembered for his short papacy, 33 days. Benedict’s lasting impression may be his decision to step down as pope voluntarily. He was the first pope since Celestine V voluntarily did so in 1294. It was a historic moment.
Column: Destiny’s balance in a world of change

2 months ago | hometownsource.com | Keith Anderson

I knew my world had changed when my mom woke me from my summer slumber, reminding me that a local farmer who had hired me and my siblings to pull weeds in his dewy soybean fields was minutes away. We were the cheaper alternative to chemicals in his fields, carefully yanking unwelcome invaders like button weeds, thistles and milkweed. If it wasn’t planted by the farmer, it didn’t belong. Sometimes I’d fall behind because my rows had more weeds than others.
Column: Embracing our role as beacon of hope

Mar 9, 2025 | hometownsource.com | Keith Anderson

Political slogans are not a new concept. “Make America Great Again” is the result of a 2016 campaign that was able to identify a deep-seated feeling that many Americans believed was slipping away, a period in our nation’s history where America stood proud, would lead with strength and suggested U.S. citizens should be considered first before extending the wealth to the rest of the world. It managed to resonate with many people.
Column: Embracing our role as beacon of hope

Mar 7, 2025 | hometownsource.com | Keith Anderson

Political slogans are not a new concept. “Make America Great Again” is the result of a 2016 campaign that was able to identify a deep-seated feeling that many Americans believed was slipping away, a period in our nation’s history where America stood proud, would lead with strength, and suggested U.S. citizens should be considered first before extending the wealth to the rest of the world. It managed to resonate with many people.
Behind the art of the move

Mar 6, 2025 | hometownsource.com | Keith Anderson

There is an art to moving, whether it’s your first big move to college or a cross-state adventure where you fight a U-Haul to stay between the lines. Moving is as much a certainty as taxes and death. To be sure, most of us have too much “extra” stuff — the hidden items you don’t use every day, but that you might need once every five years.