Nov. 14 I had the great honor of being on stage with five students at Great River School in St. Paul MN. Paving the way for me was my dear friend, Melvin Giles, peacemaker par excellence whose mission, quite succinctly, is “bubbles instead of bullets” in the pursuit of peace. (click on photos to enlarge) […]
(click on photos to enlarge them) When I initiated this blog site in 2009 I chose to call it “Thoughts Towards a Better World”, since my interest was in a future which would be a positive legacy to my grandchildren and all of their cohort on the planet earth. Often, I will admit, this seems […]
Today I ushered at 9:30 Mass at Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. We had run out of the bulletins which contain hymns for the day and thus, as Communion was being completed, I was surprised when the magnificent Basilica Choir began to sing “O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain….” Usually, […]
UPDATE April 5, 2015: It has been almost a year since the last update. Recently Vanuatu was hit by a major cyclone. Mary Ann (at home in suburban Rochester NY) sent a note and the following pieces of information from Vanuatu about the cylone and its aftermath. Pam’s visit. Also: Butterfly Trust Cyclone Pam Update_31 […]
UPDATE: May 29, 2013: Here’s a 5-minute preview of the film. Note that it may take a bit of time to download, and that a password is required to access: the password is: enavant2013 French film producer and director Christine Loys has released this up-to-date precis about her project: Précis 130513 * An important film […]
Here is data about the November 6 elections, MN local and state and National. (click on photos to enlarge) If you wish, send me your brief comment about the meaning of yesterdays vote and I’ll post it here. Keep it very brief, perhaps a paragraph. Send to dick_bernardATmeDOTcom. Unless you specifically say otherwise, I’ll assume […]
This is written to you, and to everyone, including myself, who considers themselves an eligible voter in the United States of America. Thank you for opening this post. Perhaps most of us who can have already voted, or will vote today. Perhaps most who vote will have taken at least a little bit of time […]
I’ve tried to be clear in my support for President Obama for reelection. Here and here are two independent and supportive views about President Obama. October 15, 2012, my post about Mitt Romney included the following: “In the early months of this 2012 campaign season, I was really very neutral about Willard “Mitt” Romney…he seemed […]
The American people – of which you are one – decide their future on Tuesday, November 6. The choice has never been more stark, at all levels, in all states. If you are an ordinary person, as I am, and 98% or more of the American people are ordinary like me, you are well advised […]
(click to enlarge) Recently, after Sunday Mass at my Catholic Church in Minneapolis, I was visiting with a fellow usher, and the visiting Priest came by for a donut and coffee. My friend, like me a retired long-married man with children, asked the visiting Priest about the biblical history of the apparent injunction against homosexual […]