NOTE: There will be continuing updates and additions to this post, which will include all additional items. Suggestion that you bookmark this page, if interested in 1958-64 at VCSTC. Here is a companion post including pdf copy of every page of the 1960-61 Viking News (13 issues, 76 pages). UPDATES as of March 2, 2013: […]
I wrote about this general issue a few days ago. Here is that post. A few days ago I predicted to a good friend that by tonight the Congress would figure out some way to come to an agreement on their differences and reach a settlement that could be signed by the President. Such a […]
Today seems to be a good time to transmit that document that is often referred to, often interpreted and seldom read, much less understood, by we, the people: the Constitution of the United States. Here is that Constitution, including the XXVII (27) Amendments: Constitution of U.S.001. (For those whose fantasy is amending the Constitution for […]
Recently, on one of my forays through the flotsam and jetsam of paper in my life, I came across some unused Christmas cards from days gone by. These cards had text in French: “Joyeux Noel. Bonne et Heureuse Annee”, and all were from “Coll. Oratoire Saint-Joseph”, ca 1980s, the most recent 1991. It took little […]
Twenty-five years ago today, December 22, 1987, my Dad celebrated his 80th birthday. Being Dad, it became a particularly special event, worthy of note this day. As I recall, my sister, Flo, and I had taken the trip from Minnesota to Dad’s new home at Our Lady of the Snows, overlooking the Mississippi River Valley […]
(click to enlarge) Supposedly today is the end of it all, at least the Mayan calendar ends. So it’s been good knowin’ yah, until/unless we meet again. If it isn’t over today, Nostradamus and the Masonic Cross seem to indicate by the end of 2012 it will be all over, so perhaps there are a […]
If you’re interested in making a difference in this guns-in-America conversation, here are some thoughts: Yes, it is Christmas time, and preparations take center stage such as each of us prepare for our own family rituals at this season. Christmas is often a confusing time, desperately depressing for many, far too much ‘noise’ and competing […]
Friday morning we took a quick trip over to an area shopping mall to watch our 7th grade grandsons school band do a half hour mall concert. I’m always proud watching kids perform, and watching the teachers work their magic with those kids, and this concert was no exception. This band was a unit, playing […]
Anne M Dunn lives in northern Minnesota and has two earlier posts at Outside The Walls. You can read them here and here. For those of us not aware, Pe’Sla refers to a portion of what most call the Black Hills of South Dakota. Heart of the Heart It seems strange that an Indigenous Nation […]
Today at the annual meeting of the Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers (MAP) about 60 of us heard a fascinating talk by Dr. William Beeman of the University of Minnesota on Iran. He is a man of diverse talents, including academic. Dr. Beeman is recuperating from a recent surgery but that didn’t deter his presentation. He […]