Like many in my age cohort, life becomes a daily exercise in divestment: Who would want this? Why am I keeping that? In a cabinet in the garage, was the 1966-67 yearbook of the 1300 student Roosevelt Junior High School in Blaine MN. I was in my fourth year of teaching, second year there. […]
Read the first section below, first, then take the 20 minutes to watch this recent interview with President Biden. Carol, who sent this to several of us says: “I just watched this and it made me much more comfortable with Biden’s “age.” The interview has been watched near 2 million times. * Super Tuesday is March […]
This is my 7th commentary on the general issue of Gaza and Israel. All of these are linked at the beginning of the first post from October 8, 2023, here. Since October 7. about 125 days ago, there has been one atrocity after another in the area around the tiny region called Gaza. I don’t […]
Today begins Black History Month. A particularly excellent opportunity to review life and times. Tuesday’s paper had a short article “Netflix gets inside We Are The World. Here’s the 1984 blockbuster song . I watched the 97 minute documentary last night and it was very, very interesting. I very highly recommend it. It is its own […]
Postnote Jan 21. #DE#%&^&*E$$$!!!! I am basically a mild-mannered guy. Spent most of last week dealing with yet another e-mail issue, and just today e-address am again on-line. My alternate is sykestonguy46ATgmailDOTcom. Make note of it. The problem seemed a bit more complex than just blaming someone. Glad I’am back * Jan. 16, […]
You may have heard that the Iowa Caucus is Monday January 15 (see comment from Larry at end of this post). More, if you wish, from the Des Moines IA Register: Iowa Caucus 2024. (For me, the most interesting data is on page 5 of the article.) If you’re not sure where Iowa is: Minneapolis-St. […]
Ten months from now – Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2024 – is Election Day in the United States. Dec. 30, Chuck Woolery, long-time subscriber to this blog, sent a writing of his including over 100 “QUOTES against democracy”. Here’s the 21 page document: Democracy compiled Chuck W. I read the entire document, find it full […]
More than once over the years a retired elementary teacher friend has told me the story of her team teacher colleague, Ron, and his Christmas tree. This year she gave me a photo copy of the tree as of December 2023. To me, the photo is worth more than the usual “thousand words”…. Here is […]
UPDATE on Gaza Jan. 6, 2023: David Cooley, a local member of Veterans for Peace in the Twin Cities wrote a commentary on Gaza on the Winter 2023 VFP Newsletter. It speaks for itself: Vet for Peace comments on Gaza Winter 2023. * All Blessings on this most most contradictory of days: Christmas. Virtually everyone […]
Today is Winter Solstice 2023. Molly offers some seasonal poems at the end of this post. All best wishes for all that is good at this season, and in these times. A North Dakota retired farmer sent his Christmas letter recently, including this photo: “Sunflowers…in 1980s” The photo brought memories for me. The farmland pictured […]