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It’s Valentine’s Day, and today I’m remembering my friend, Lynn Elling, who died one year ago today, a few days short of 95 years. He was a remarkable guy. He walked the talk about Peace. I was honored to talk about him at his Memorial Service on May 1, last year. I wrote a bit […]
My friend Lynn Elling died early today, Valentine’s Day, 2016. Lynn was four days short of age 95. His daughter, Sandy, said “I think he may have planned to head up to Heaven on Valentines Day to be with his life long sweetheart, my mom, so it is quite fitting.” Lots of words will be […]
NOTE: This post originated in November, 2007, titled LYNN ELLING: A MILLION COPIES MADE: Visioning a New Declaration of World Citizenship, by Dick Bernard. Originally published Nov. 5, 2007 at Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers, of which Dick Bernard was then President, slightly revised February 3, 2011, and December 3, 2012, and has been updated by addition […]
Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Wangari Maathai died September 25, 2011, in a Kenya hospital. I never met her, or knew much about her. I wish I had. My friend Lynn Elling asked retired Minneapolis teacher Nancy Paxson to send along Ms Maathai’s obituary and her wonderful and inspirational recitation “I will be a Hummingbird”. […]
Every now and then, if one pays attention, someone wanders into their life and makes a difference just by being who he or she is. For me, one such person is Lynn Elling, Minneapolis, closing in on 90 years young, and 67 years of marriage to Donna. Lots of us want to make a difference. […]
This afternoon Donna Elling, 88, will be remembered at First Universalist Church in south Minneapolis. We’ll be there, and I expect there’ll be a large crowd. She richly deserves a tribute. I can’t say I knew Donna well, except through others voices and memories. When I met her and her husband, Lynn, five years ago, […]
Today is Law Day in the United States. For a lot of years after I retired, I was active in an organization who was very active advocate for the rule of law. Before that, though not a lawyer, most of my work time was spent dealing in one way or another with legal matters such […]
Recently someone mentioned that there seem to be an unusual number of activities related to WWII. This year is the 80th anniversary of the surrender of Germany (May 8, 1945) and Japan (September 2, 1945). Perhaps that is the reason. I don’t know if there are more commemorations than usual or not. But it would […]
PRE-NOTE: Sunday we had occasion to see an excellent comedy at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, “The Nacirema Society”. It is worth your time. It runs through May 24. Details at the Guthrie website. More description from the program booklet here: Nacirema Society. * Five years ago – mid-March, 2020 – was the official acknowledgement […]
By my count, today is Day 68 of the first 100 days. Our democracy is under assault, we have to be the ones who defend it. Do something, every day. There are at least 75 million of us. It seems pertinent this day to reprise my first and only reference to Tesla in these pages. […]