My cousin, Remi Roy, with whom I share French-Canadian roots, recently sent me a brief and fascinating history he wrote for and about his ancestral German from Russia family, What Remi relates is a migration in early 1800s from today’s Germany/France Alsace-Lorraine region, to the Black Sea area of todays Ukraine, beginning in early 1800s, […]
POSTNOTE May 19, 2025: Pope Leo XIV was officially inaugurated as Pope on May 18. Basilica of St. Mary Pastor Dan Griffith wrote on the new Pope in the weekend church newsletter. His comments are here: Leo XIV a Pastors View 5 18 25. The Vatican website is always available. I will continue to emphasize […]
Some weeks ago I went shopping for a kid-friendly map of the United States, specifically for this space. It was not a simple search, basically I ended up looking for a stand-alone puzzle. Finally, the folks at Barnes and Noble came up with this one. which is more than adequate – 100 pieces. (If you’re […]
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 […]
NOTE: Thursday 8 p.m. MSNBC special about/with Federal Employees affected by the DOGE actions in the first 100 days. Also, see post on Law Day published Thursday, May 1, 2025. At the beginning of the 100 days I made a decision to save the news section of each days Minnesota Star Tribune. The above photo […]
Yesterday was Earth Day. The death of Pope Francis was top priority on the news. On the other hand, it would be hard to find a more enthusiastic ‘fan’ of the whole range of sustainability than Pope Francis, and that is already being remembered in news we hall continue to see. Heather Cox Richardson gives […]
Tomorrow, Tuesday April 22, is Earth Day: here’s what I wrote last week. Yesterday was Easter Sunday, thoughts about community. Finally, some thoughts on immigrants on Good Friday. * Pope Francis died overnight. I’d like to briefly share some tiny bits and pieces from my perspective, the first from a post I wrote on March […]
Today is Easter Sunday. This morning about 6 I was treated to a wonderful skyscape right before sunrise. My choice for Easter Sunday is an e-mail received from a LaMoure County ND friend on April 3. She sent me the below clip from the LaMoure Chronicle, the long-time weekly newspaper for the community of LaMoure […]
All best wishes to everyone on this Easter weekend. 250 years ago was a momentous moment is the history of the United States. On the 250th anniversary, at the Old North Church in Boston, Heather Cox Richardson talked about the events leading later to the United States of America. I am a subscriber to her […]
Today is Good Friday in the Catholic tradition, nearing Easter, at the end of what is called Holy Week which began last Sunday, Palm Sunday. I have 84 years of experience with Holy Week in the Catholic Church. Lots of memories. More in a bit on that. This week the really intense news emphasis is […]