PRE-NOTE: The content below the asterisk was written and published Jan. 16, If you read nothing else, note paragraphs 9&10 (para beginning with “Wednesday”). The City Council meeting is very powerful, in a positive sort of way. Previous related posts for Jan 7, 13 and 14 are accessible here, [and Jan. 19 here]. You can […]
PRENOTE: This is the third post on ICE in Minnesota. The previous posts, on January 7 and 13 are included from about 24 hours ago when I posted my personal observations about ICE in my city. I posted on what I was actually personally experiencing (and indeed am still experiencing), but I knew the rest […]
Seven days ago I was waiting for my flat tire issue to be resolved, and saw the first report of 34th and Portland on the local Fox News channel. The post is here, as added to with numerous comments since publication. This post is a few musings about today and the past seven in the […]
A quick geography lesson on Greenland. Here is how the CIA Facebook describes Greenland. This source of information is not intended to be anything other than a starting point for anyone interested in learning more. I think it is important that we become more aware of the huge island. Here is what Greenland looks like […]
Yesterday morning, Jan. 10), I was at my usual “work” station at “my” Caribou Coffee, and three young girls went to work on the blackboard…they were just being kids, and they were fun to watch. By the time I decided their work would be a neat photo, two of they were elsewhere, but one came […]
POSTNOTE Jan.19, 2026: I dedicated my Jan. 19 MLK post to Andrena. You can read it here. Martin Luther King Jr was 34 years old when he wrote the famous public Letter from the Birmingham Jail to eight clergy leaders in Birmingham. It is easy to forget that he was a very young man. He […]
UPDATE Jan. 11, 2026: In my personal normal life in Minnesota, all is okay in my own “sphere”. But all is not okay for this state where I’ve lived for all but one of the last 63 years. Here’s an update on the last 72 or so hours. Take the time…. UPDATE: Jan. 12: I […]
Today is the 5th anniversary of the riot at the Capitol of the United States of America. Today the Minnesota Star Tribune indicates that Minnesota is likely to be the reprise of what previously has happened in places like Chicago – federal ICE agents arriving in force. Yesterday I learned that a plaque memorializing January […]
UPDATE January 4, 2026: Numerous comments today. Within the week, I plan to revisit a powerful week in December 2003 in Haiti. This will be a separate post. It seems particularly relevant to today, and is my own first person retrospective – my own opinion. In times like this, the movers of agendas do not […]
My understanding is that the 250th birthday of the United States of America is July 4, 2026, in recognition of the signing of the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776. The move toward independence began earlier. More can be read here. On July 4, 2025 – our 249th birthday, we began our 250th year as […]