Happy Father’s Day to everyone. My favorite postcard, from 1910, to my Grandma Busch on the farm in North Dakota, from one of her sisters in Wisconsin, is this one: (click to enlarge photos) At the time, Grandma had two kids, three and one (my mother, the one year old), and Women’s Suffrage was 10 […]
PRE-NOTE: Do you have any flag stories – things you remember? I’d like to hear from you. * Today is Flag Day in the United States. I’m a bit old-fashioned: a stand and doff-the-hat kind of guy when the American flag comes by. But I see a lot of misuse of the flag as a […]
Some quick comments. I generalize the data in below paragraphs, but I don’t think I’m far off. Last night part of my daily news watching time was interrupted by reporting on the Cantor-Brat Primary in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, a place far away from where I live. There was endless breathless chatter about this last […]
For subscribers (and all): here’s the May 3 “For Pete’s Sake” concert in honor of Pete Seeger. The originating post is here. My sister Mary Ann’s continuing posts from Vanuatu can be seen here. Scroll to the June 7, 2014 addition at the very end of the post. * While by no means an expert, […]
The week just completed marked the 70th anniversary of D-Day (June 6) but the June 4, 2014, USA TODAY someone left in the McDonalds in Wahpeton ND, marks the true nature of “news” this past week. Indeed, the newspaper carried a long article on D-Day on page three; but the front page lead story was: […]
UPDATE JUNE 8, 2014: Here’s the May 3 “For Pete’s Sake” program. Today, June 5, and Friday, June 6, a very special event, the radio replay May 3, 2014, concert in tribute to Pete Seeger. As announced by the show producer, Larry Long, “We are happy to announce that For Pete’s Sake: Celebrating Pete Seeger’s […]
My family is chock-full of military veterans, including myself, thus the word “VA” is a readily recognized acronym. My first living memory of the VA Hospital was Fargo, 1946, where my Grandpa Bernard (Spanish-American War) had his leg removed (diabetes related). He was 74 then, which happens to be my present age…. In 1957, Grandpa […]
COMMENTS INVITED, both on-line and in e-mail form. Will be added at the end of the post. Sometimes life brings fascinating surprises. Some weeks ago a lady was photocopying something next to me at FedEx, it looked interesting, and I took the bait. It was a tour of the life and times of General William […]
These posts will continue at approximately one per week till the November 4 election. #1 is here. Thursday I was at a meeting that included my State Legislative Representative, Joann Ward, MN District 53A. I asked, off the cuff, how many people live in your District; and how many households (“doors”) there are. Population: 37 […]
Originally published as #889 on May 28. A couple of days ago, daughter Lauri stopped by and noticed: (click to enlarge) Of course, it’s spring in Minnesota, and the State Flower this time of year is the Dandelion, and the Barbary Bush that is aggressively protecting it is very prickly. So, what to do? Besides, […]