Everyone has a mother and a father, and this Mother’s Day I choose a daughter: Marie-Josephine Collette. This Mother’s Day, much more than most I remember, is filled with demonstrations that by no means is everything easy for women, for men, or for families, however constituted, or when. This post is offered for reflection, and […]
POSTNOTE May 31, 2024: Yesterday afternoon I listened as the verdict was read: 34 times, “Guilty”. This morning at my coffee place I took a photo of the empty conference table next to mine. It has ten chairs, like a dozen members of a jury, shall I say. Shortly thereafter were the usual church guys […]
Today, I’m 84. (The title is a play on the Beatle’s “When I’m 64“, one of the songs in Yellow Submarine, the 1968 movie I took son, Tom, to see – he was four, then, 56 years ago!). Before I continue, here are a half dozen responses to the April 17 Earth Day post on […]
On April 17 I did an Earth Day post that featured a one hour talk on energy and the future. The focus of the post was a a thought provoking recent talk on the Energy/Climate Conundrum. The talk itself was about an hour, with Q&A for most of another. The YouTube link is here. The […]
POSTNOTE Aug 29, 2024: Front page of Minnesota Star Tribune Aug 29, 2024: Nicole Mitchell 8 29 24 Monday of this week I was about to leave for a conversation group I’m part of. I caught the first part of the 6:00 local news on WCCO-TV, and one of the first stories was about the […]
POSTNOTE Monday, April 22, 2024: Overnight, two commentaries relating directly to the below: Heather Cox Richardson and Joyce Vance. Earthrise, eferred to in Richardson’s post. Monday, April 22, is Earth Day. Of course, every day is earth day, and has been since the beginning, but this particular day dates to 1970. More here. My nephew, […]
PRE-NOTE: This post is a new book, presented with permission of the author. More below. There are four preceding posts you might wish to view as well: The Solar Eclipse (April 9); Propaganda (April 11); Senate District Convention (April 12); and Covid-19 first year (April 6). The Covid post includes several recent comments. * […]
Last Saturday I attended the local (Senate District 47 DFL) Political Convention. I’m Democrat, so it was the DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) Convention. This was the second Convention enroute to Election 2024. Precinct caucuses, (Feb. 27), elected delegates to the District Convention; Saturdays District Convention elected delegates for the upcoming Congressional District Convention (May 4 in St. […]
Lest it be lost, below, I urge you to set aside the time to read this long commentary from a blogger I’ve never heard of: Terri Kanefield (note the April 6 post) This is long. Take the time, agree, disagree, but do take the time…. Thanks to Molly for letting me know about it. * […]
I was curious about solar eclipses in the United States since we became a nation. Here’s the list. Yesterday’s eclipse in Rochester NY, mid afternoon wasn’t directly visible to the locals. Below photo by and of John Bernard in Rochester area on April 8…. The internet report about Rochester NY for April 8. I knew […]