I asked my search engine just now “how many people are arraigned in a year in the U.S.?“. Of course, the answer was almost instantaneous: “There were over 4.53 million arrests for all offenses in the United States in 2021.” Sometime later today one of those arraignments will happen on Manhattan, and sometime after that […]
Tonight is the NCAA Men’s Final, the premiere college basketball title in the U.S. Strictly coincidental, my 8th grade friend raised a question about what we remembered about the old school in tiny Ross ND in 1953-54. My brother, John, sent along photos he took in 2014, traveling through Ross, and finding the old school […]
Spring is almost here. We expect perhaps 5″ of snow tonight and tomorrow – but next week perhaps to the 50s. This weekend, a trip back to the 1880s. Within this week, I shared the below photo with my siblings, and with my French-Canadian colleagues in the French-American Heritage Foundation. This is a reminder about […]
Elba encounters a Tarantula, here. * Tuesday Netflix gave a viewing tip: Waco: American Apocalypse. a three part series which opened March 22. [See Postnote 2] It’s now 30 years after. Has anyone learned anything? Joyce Vance has an very informative commentary on the 1993 tragedy. (Vance places the Branch Davidian compound 20+ miles northeast of […]
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 […]