Previous posts this week February 3, 4 and 6. Access at archive at right. If you access Facebook, Molly offers a treat from Bob Dylan at Newport Folk Festival 1964. * As I write these words on Friday, the prediction is for possibly 5-10 inches of snow overnight and Saturday morning. So we might be […]
Yesterday a guy came in for coffee. He’s someone I’ve seen before, this day proudly wearing his “T*ump 2024” baseball hat. I wa minding my own business, and had no interest in engaging with him. One of the guys sitting next table over said “Nice baseball hat”, which pleased the guy. But I also noticed […]
Ken Martin, new Chair of the Democratic National Committee Ken Martin is a Minnesotan and I have been familiar with his career since he became chair of the Minnesota DFL in 2011. At the time, I was an active and founding member of the DFL Senior Caucus, on whose Board I served from 2006-2016. I […]
15 days ago was the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States. All I need to say about that is easily accessible in the archives of this blog, between January 18 and February 2, 2025. I have recommended, there, resources about history, national and international affairs that I trust and follow most every […]
Monday Feb. 3 is two weeks after the Inauguration of #47 on Jan. 20, 2025. At the end of this post is what I wrote Jan. 18&25. If you are interested, here are my posts from Jan 18 forward to now (just select archive for January 2025 at right): Jan 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the Tariff, Feb 2: here Friend Molly sent me a couple of commentaries relating to Canadian views of the proposed Tariffs on Canadian trade to be imposed by the United States. Here they are, without elaboration from me; First, here. Molly: Robert Reich posted this beautifully done piece on […]
The new regime took power January 20, 2025, about two weeks ago. There has been a blitzkrieg, intended chaos. It’s now up to you and me and the other 75,000,000 of us who voted for a different future on November 5. All previous posts can be accessed at the archive for January 2025. “Each One”. […]
Most every day, my extravagance is a cup of coffee at the Woodbury City Centre Caribou Coffee. The most recent cup set me back $2.81, plus the usual $1.00 tip or $3.81. Caribou is where I start my day at 6 a.m. It is a part of my daily ritual, ever more simple as I […]
PRENOTE: January 18, “A House Divided“, one week ago, I wrote: “Two days from now will be the inauguration of the U.S. President. It feels, today, much like being in the eye of a hurricane. All seems calm. But no one knows for sure exactly when the chaos of the hurricane will resume and who […]
My cousin, Norman Collette of Winnipeg, passed away recently, and his funeral Mass is on January 24, 2025. Here is more information. Norman and I share a root family at Oakwood-Grafton ND; going back to Minnesota, and Quebec. His grandfather, Arcidas Collette (aka Alcidas) and my Grandmother Josephine (Collette) Bernard were two of the children […]