Comments are at the end of this post Ninety years young Stanislas Skrowaczewski led a marvelous Minnesota Orchestra concert at the Ted Mann Theatre last night. Maestro led the Orchestra from 1960-79, and during his tenure the Orchestra changed its name from Minneapolis Symphony to Minnesota Orchestra, and Orchestra Hall was built in downtown Minneapolis. […]
Last night, while watching the Daily Blathers (some call it “evening news”; a good friend, yesterday, referred to it more precisely and accurately: “CBSNBCABCFOXCNN”), I set to the task of sorting through the paper flotsam and jetsam from my Uncle’s apartment in rural ND. Like tens of thousands of others, yesterday, and over time, I […]
(click to enlarge) Early this morning I made a solitary drive out to the farm where my mother was born in 1909. I’d been up and down this driveway hundreds of times over the years, but this trip was different. The sky in the east was pink and I knew sunrise was close, but as […]
UPDATE Dec 11, 2013: In early December, 2013, I asked Mr. Elling about the history of the document signed by Pres. Lyndon Johnson and Sec’y of State Dean Rusk in 1965. He recalled that it had originated within the Twin Cities community, particularly Stan Platt and others in business, like himself, and he was directly […]
A night or two ago CBS Evening News did what news reports always seem to do: in order to capsulize the latest crisis, they had short interviews with two women in Virginia after Tuesdays election. The unsuccessful candidate for Governor had made Obamacare the prime issue, and while he lost, the margin was less than […]
NOTE: I did a post in the Woodbury Patch that is essentially the same as the below post. You can view it here. A directly related column originally appeared in the Woodbury Patch on October 30, 2013. You can view it here. In addition, a letter of mine on the topic of the Woodbury School […]
Today was one of those days where the unexpected trumped the average and ordinary, and in a positive way. There were a couple of items on todays agenda. They were accomplished, but they were also rans in terms of interest value. I stopped, first, at my 92 year old friends house. He invited me to […]
Today is Halloween. Down at my coffee place, Caribou Coffee in Woodbury, the trivia question of the day was this: The tradition of Jack-o-Lantern to ward off spirits is thousands of years old. Which vegetable were they originally made? a) squash b) pumpkin c) turnip d) melons I guessed correctly and got my 10 cent […]
The “filing cabinet” for Minnesota Orchestra matters is found at August 30, 2013, here. This post also appears in the Blog Cabin Roundup of MinnPost for Nov. 1, 2013 A friend in Chicago area wrote today about the Minnesota Orchestra situation: “WHAT A TRAGIC TURN OF EVENTS for all concerned!!” Along with her note came […]
About a year ago I decided to translate my college years (1958-61) to a blogpost for posterity. The results can be seen here. Initially, my intent was to send my musings around to a few people I remembered from those long ago days, and certainly there was no intent for the post to be as […]