Last Friday we volunteered for one of those “you’ll have to guess” kinds of assignments. Daughter Joni, Principal at Somerset Elementary in Mendota Heights, asked if we’d be interested in participating in something called “SPIFF” with second graders at the school. “Sure. Why not?” And we headed to an uncertain assignment. We signed in, and […]
PRE-NOTE: My choice in reflecting on talk such as described below is to never attempt to interpret the expert. So, after the talk, I asked Dr. Tonoyan if he had “any recommended available sources of further information I could share with my list?” He responded almost in short order: The best and the most level-headed […]
Note Dec. 5, 2020: This blog consists of two parts, about the same trip. The link to the first part – the trip to California from ND – is at the end of the para below the Golden Gate postcard. * Numerous times this past year I’ve written about the ancestral farm in North Dakota. […]
Directly related: here Last night Paul Chappell inspired nearly 300 of us at the Annual Celebration of the Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers at Landmark Center in St. Paul. “Is World Peace Possible?” was his topic. Of course, the answer is “yes”, but one needs both to believe that possibility and work towards the goal rather […]
This day I chose to spend my time at an all-day workshop, “Waging Peace in Difficult Times”, facilitated by Paul K. Chappell, West Point Graduate, Iraq vet, former Army Captain, author and peace educator. (click to enlarge) There were 26 of us in attendance, 10 who I knew. Chappell’s presentation was very stimulating. He is […]
The “rack card” at the Basilica display of the St. John’s Bible can be seen here: St Johns Bible rack card001 The last two weeks I had noticed portions of the magnificent St. John’s Bible on display at my home Church, the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis MN. A flier at the back of […]
(click to enlarge photos) This morning I attended the annual Vets for Peace observance of Armistice Day at the USS Ward monument on the Minnesota State Capitol grounds. It was a bone-chilling day with a numbing wind, and on the way home I stopped at my favorite restaurant for a cup of coffee and a […]
This summer my friend, Kathy Garvey, gave me a photo and fascinating accompanying story, both of which speak for themselves and follow, below. I have purposely not edited Wayne’s words, as they are written spontaneously, and more interesting. “Dad” is Kathy’s Grandpa, and the other players are his wife and kids. Wayne writes extemporaneously the […]
Yesterday, President Obama had Speaker of the House John Boehner, Senator Mitch McConnell et al over for lunch. Everybody in that room knew what was going on, and what will continue. You don’t – you can’t – put aside six years of orchestrated hatred against the nations first black President, and “liberals”, and sincerely “make […]
Questions only you can answer: did you vote in the 2014 election? If not, why not? If you voted, did you vote for all the candidates on the ballot? How well did you know the candidates running for the offices? It will be days before there is reasonably accurate data, but all appearances are that […]