We went to an outstanding movie at the local theater yesterday: Steven Spielberg’s War Horse. My spouse asked me more than once, “are you all right?” It is one of those films that elicits strong emotional response. I would guess I wasn’t alone among the surprisingly large crowd in the dark, quiet theater. War Horse […]
UPDATE Jan. 4: Many comments follow at end of this post. Kurt Ullrich of Maquoketa, Iowa, in the December 31 Minneapolis Star Tribune, caught very well tomorrows Iowa Precinct Caucus vote. It is in this column, “Sliding through Iowa like so many trombones”. If we could stop reality with the illusion of Prof. Harold Hill […]
“What are you doing New Years…New Years Eve?” For us, our six year old grandson will be an overnight guest tonight. That makes for a reasonably predictable “New Years Eve”. As for the year just finishing, and the year ahead: 2011 depends on the interpreter; 2012 is as yet unknown. They’re all important, these New […]
This afternoon I stopped at the Woodbury Post Office to mail several packets of material. I’m a familiar face there, and I mentioned to the clerk that I was going to do a blog post about the post office this evening. “Oh oh”, she said, expecting the worst. This time of year people in the […]
I was at 7:30 a.m. Mass Christmas Day at Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis. Usually, I’m found at 9:30 a.m. They had a need for a few ushers, the time was open, so I volunteered. Celebrant this day was Father Tim Backous. He is a regular visitor from St. John’s University in Collegeville MN, and […]
UPDATE: December 21, 2012: December 9 it was snowing on Heritage House, and it appeared unofficial winter had arrived. I include a photo December 9, and another taken today at noon at Heritage House as well. They are near the end of this post. The album which follows includes 48 photos. Click on any photo […]
UPDATE: All comments, including to this post, are found here. #9 is first comment received after publishing of this post. In “The Drones”, published a week ago today, was one crucial paragraph: “However limited, there is room for conversation among people willing to listen to each other, and considering other points of view. But one […]
A few days ago our towns police blotter reported that someone went into a back yard and cut down and stole a developing “Christmas tree”. It was a ‘bah humbug’ moment. How this will make for a Merry Christmas for the thief is beyond me, but, whatever…. It reminded me of my all-time favorite Christmas […]
POSTNOTE Mar. 21, 2016: see posts on same topic here (12/20/2011), here (5/12/09) , here (5/23/13) and here (3/20/16, especially #6). Earlier today [Dec. 13, 2011] I was at the annual meeting of an organization I’ve long been part of called the Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers. One of the group rose to ask the speaker […]
Saturday while engaged in domestic chores, I turned on the History Channel. The just-beginning program was more-or-less the history of Hell. Hell, of course, has a very long history, predating Christianity and since, like God and Heaven, Hell is presumably not open to visit until after you’re dead and go there, it is susceptible to […]