POSTNOTE Dec 17: Jan. 6 Committee: Mon and Wed Dec 19&21. These may be televised. Ten years ago today (Dec 14, 2012) I was at a Twin Cities Shopping Mall where grandson Spencer and Middle School classmates were giving a concert. Here’s Spencer (at left, in black, with Trombone) and classmates. Spencer was 12. Concert […]
All best wishes for good Christmas holiday and New Year in 2023. Nov. 9-13 we were in New York State to help celebrate my sisters 80th birthday. On a drizzly Nov. 11 seven of us took a day to see part of the Finger Lakes region. Nearing Ithaca, a sign beckoned a short side trip […]
Today is the 81st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Dad’s brother, my Uncle Frank, was one of those killed aboard the USS Arizona. Best I know, at this writing, there are only two USS Arizona survivors still living. Frank died at 26, he would be 107 if still alive. He […]
Dec. 2, a bill was signed by President Biden ending a threatened strike by railroad workers nationwide. For anyone with any interest in Labor Relations generally, this is an opportunity to get a notion of issues and how they are resolved. The railroad legislation is well summarized here. As one whose full-time job was Labor […]
from cousin Georgine overnight: This is the view of the new eruption from the Lanai of the Kawaihae House. The house is about a mile from the Mauna Kea resort. The eruption is actually close to 36 miles away and there is no threat to the house. It does create a new nighttime view. The lava […]
Today in my religious tradition is the First Sunday of Advent. This seems a good day to introduce three topically related items for your reflection, if you are interested: 1) Journeying Towards Healing through Listening and Truth-Telling; 2) the new film, Till; 3) Frank Kroncke, “Captive and Captor” Johan van Parys, Basilica’s Director of Liturgy […]
All best wishes for a good Thanksgiving. I have a great deal to be thankful for this year. I hope the same for you. from Rich, this morning: You might enjoy remembering reading this proclamation! ! It seems poignant today! And another, from Heather Cox Richardson, here. Friend Molly likes to send poetry selections to […]
HAPPY THANKSGIVING. Check back for a specific Thanksgiving post Thursday or later. When I last blogged about politics, Election Day eve, Nov. 8, I knew nothing, intentionally, about the later results in my community. Nov. 9-13 we were at a family event in New York state. I don’t connect with the internet at such times, […]
I will be doing an opinion post on the 2022 election on Tuesday, Nov 22. If you wish to include a personal commentary, I’d be glad to include it in the blog. Send as an e-mail response. (My e-address is in the upper left corner of this blog.) There is a very relevant Human Rights […]
The count begins: Clicking on publish, November 8, 2022, 6 p.m. About now the first polls are closing and actual counting begins…. This morning I was on my usual walk at the local Sports center. The usual crowd was gathering, mostly seniors like myself who know each other, like people do at such kinds of gathering […]