Advisory: if you’re squeamish about, or have a special affection of, arachnids, perhaps pass this one by. Here’s a primer from National Geographic. It’s only a minute or so. I was browsing a book about King Ranch in Texas, and inside was a sheet of paper, a story, by Elba Gobar, a neighbor and friend […]
PRENOTE: Thursday Mar 23 noon to one, Free Forgiveness introduction. Details here. I recommend this; a way to get acquainted with an important program.. POSTNOTE: We seem to be on the edge of major developments on the national scene. A long time ago I said and I continue to say that the legal processes take a […]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. We were to be enroute to northwest Minnesota to visit a friend but weather interfered, so the trip did not materialize. In the twin cities, it’s sunshiny, with a very chilly wind. Better weather ahead, but not today! I did a post on Activism a little earlier this week. This column […]
Last Sunday, March 12, I had more activities that I would define as “action oriented” than I’ve had for awhile. The one I choose to hi-lite this day came at 4 in the afternoon at Temple Israel in Minneapolis, sister, shall I say, parish of Basilica of St. Mary, my parish down the street. There […]
The clock on the wall of my computer says 5:04 a.m. I woke up 20 minutes ago and the clock in the bedroom said 3:46 a.m. I remembered I had forgotten to “spring ahead” last night, after plenty of reminders. I happen to be an early riser – I’ve always been an early riser – […]
Today is International Women’s Day, and this is Women’s History Month, What follows fits the themes, in my opinion. Much of this blog is from my long-time friend, Annelee Woodstrom, native of Germany, 96 years young. That follows below. At the end of the post I add my own comments. I recommend an upcoming on-line […]
Within 24 hours earlier this week came news of the death of two people I know: Carla, the sister of my brother-in-law; and Jim, a long-time friend. Like each of us, Carla and Jim were unique, and I bid them farewell. Carla, my age, I’ve known for over 50 years. That entire time she lived […]
There is so much happening these days, I can almost understand relying on Tweets, Texts, Mimes and such to avoid paying attention. Just in my own tiny corner of the world, following is some recent In State of the Union, Feb. 7, I chose to focus on Education policy as I learned it, as opposed […]
PRENOTE: As we all know, there is a whole lot going on in more than one arena in the present day world. Two columns caught my interest in Wednesday’s mail about the 2020 Georgia Presidential election situation. Joyce Vance and Jay Kuo. We are still under a weather emergency. It has been an interesting couple […]
in progress 5:30 a.m. Feb 23: I was up at my usual time, about 5 a.m., when I heard a quiet ‘clump’ at the front door. It was the sound of the newspaper being delivered, which meant the paper had been delivered. I walked down, turned on the outside light, and sure enough, there it […]